"To be ignorant of the past is to remain a child."

"For a man's private fortune it is good to have an eye to his own affairs; for a commonwealth, to have an eye to its neighbours."

"The Idols of the Market Place are the most troublesome of all: idols which have crept into the understanding through the alliances of words and names. For men believe that their reason governs words, …"

"A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion."

"The Idols of the Tribe have their foundation in human nature itself, and in the tribe or race of men. For it is a false assertion that the sense of man is the measure of things. On the contrary, all p…"