In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.
Light, Darkness, Good & EvilFrancis BaconAge appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.
Age, Wine, Wood & LumberFrancis BaconMy name and memory I leave to men's charitable speeches, to foreign nations and to the next age.
Last WordsFrancis Bacon, last wordsHe that traveleth into a country before he hath some entrance into the language, goeth to school, and not to travel.
Traveling, LanguagesFrancis BaconFor knowledge, too, itself is power.
(Col. 'Knowledge is power.')
Revenge is a kind of wild justice; which the more man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out.
RevengeFrancis Bacon