The best preservative to keep the mind on health is the faithful admonition of a friend. — Francis Bacon Sr Friendship Copy Share Image
A just fear of an imminent danger, though there be no blow given, is a lawful cause of war — Francis Bacon Sr Danger Copy Share Image
Nature is a labyrinth in which the very haste you move with will make you lose your way. — Francis Bacon Sr Haste Copy Share Image
Fortune his like the market, where many times, if you can stay a little, the price will fall — Francis Bacon Sr Fortune Copy Share Image
The wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. — Francis Bacon Sr Opportunities Copy Share Image
There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that lost by not trying. — Francis Bacon Sr Comparison Copy Share Image
He that defers his charity until he is dead is, if a man weighs it rightly, rather liberal of another man's goods… — Francis Bacon Sr Copy Share Image
They that deny a God destroy man's nobility, for certainly man is of kin to the beasts by his body; and if… — Francis Bacon Sr God Copy Share Image
Men commonly think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and imbibed opinions, but generally act according to custom — Francis Bacon Sr Greatness Copy Share Image
Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, but to weigh and consider . . . Histories make men wise. — Francis Bacon Sr Copy Share Image
The poets did well to conjoin music and medicine, because the office of medicine is but to tune the curious harp of… — Francis Bacon Sr Harp Copy Share Image
The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall. — Francis Bacon Sr Knowledge Copy Share Image
The desire for power in excess caused angels to fall; the desire for knowledge in excess caused man to fall; but in… — Francis Bacon Sr Desire Copy Share Image
For my name and memory, I leave it to men's charitable speeches, to foreign nations, and to the next ages. — Francis Bacon Sr Communication Copy Share Image
The way of fortune is like the milky way in the sky; which is a number of smaller stars, not seen asunder,… — Francis Bacon Sr Copy Share Image
This delivering of knowledge in distinct and disjointed aphorisms doth leave the wit of man more free to turn and toss, and… — Francis Bacon Sr Aphorisms Copy Share Image
Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. — Francis Bacon Sr Adversity Copy Share Image
Young men are fitter to invent than to judge, fitter for execution than for counsel, and fitter for new projects than for… — Francis Bacon Sr Business Copy Share Image
If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world, and that his heart… — Francis Bacon Sr Copy Share Image
Houses are built to live in, not to look on; therefore, let use be preferred before uniformity, except where both may be… — Francis Bacon Sr Copy Share Image
