"Time is the author of authors."
- Francis Bacon
"A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds."
"If a man looks sharply and attentively he shall see fortune for though she be blind yet she is not invisible."
"A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion."
- Sir Francis Bacon
"Many a man's strength is in opposition and when he faileth he groweth out of use."
"He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils for time is the greatest innovator."
"Reading maketh a full man."
"Fortune is like the market where many times if you can stay a little the price will fall."
"Atheism is rather in the lip than in the heart of Man."
"There was never law or sect or opinion did so much magnify goodness as the Christian religion doth."