Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.
-- Francis Bacon
The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but giving light together: so it is a number of little and scarce discerned virtues, or rather faculties and customs, that make men fortunate.
-- Francis Bacon
Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your brains kicked out.
-- Francis Bacon
Knowledge is power.
Knowledge is not intelligence.... but a grand enough thing in itself?
I love Francis Bacon the artist

"I believe in deeply ordered chaos."
This quote in particular rhymes with me.
"All colours will agree in the dark."