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• The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.
  -- Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)...
• They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea.
  -- Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)...
• The general root of superstition is that men observe when things hit, and not when they miss, and commit to memory the one, and pass over the other.
  -- Sir Francis Bacon 1561-1626...
• Cat philosophy: When in doubt, cop an attitude.
• It is the wisdom of crocodiles, that shed tears when they would devour. -- Francis Baco
• Boldness is a child of ignorance. -- Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
• Rebellions of the belly are the worst. -- Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
• Knowledge is power. -- Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
• Sir Amice Pawlet, when he saw too much haste made in any matter, was wont to say, "Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.
  -- Francis Bacon (1561-1626) -- Apothegms, No, 76...