Houses are built to live in, not to look on; therefore, let use be preferred before uniformity, except where both may be had — 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 to make… — Francis Bacon Sr 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 is no… — Francis Bacon Sr 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 settled business. — Francis Bacon Sr Copy Share Image
The best preservative to keep the mind on health is the faithful admonition of a friend. — Francis Bacon Sr 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 than his… — Francis Bacon Sr 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 charity is… — Francis Bacon Sr Copy Share Image
Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. — Francis Bacon Sr 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 Copy Share Image
Fortune his like the market, where many times, if you can stay a little, the price will fall — 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 he is… — Francis Bacon Sr Copy Share Image
