Francis Bacon

Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck of time.

What is truth? said jesting Pilate; and would not stay for an answer.

It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other.

I'd date someone younger or older; age doesn't matter to me. Or looks, really - it's all about maturity.

Americans also don't need to be taught how to give. We don't need to be taught how to take care of each other or how to be charitable.

By pouring money and goods into devastated regions, foreign aid workers sometimes compound the disruption and debauch the survivors.