“The way of fortune, is like the Milken Way in the sky; which is a meeting or knot of a number of… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Believe not much them that seem to despise riches, for they despise them that despair of them. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master. The covetous man cannot so properly be said to possess wealth,… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
“Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New; which carrieth the greater benediction, and the… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Seek not proud riches, but such as thou mayest get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contentedly. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
It cannot be denied that outward accidents conduce much to fortune, favor, opportunity, death of others, occasion fitting virtue; but chiefly, the… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Fortune is like the market, where, many times, if you can stay a little, the price will fall. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Of great wealth there is no real use, except in its distribution, the rest is just conceit. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
The way of fortune is like the milky way in the sky; which is a meeting, or knot, of a number of… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
“The virtue of prosperity is temperance, the virtue of adversity is fortitude.” — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Princes are like heavenly bodies, which cause good or evil times, and which have much veneration, but no rest. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
The best preservative to keep the mind in health is the faithful admonition of a friend. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Since custom is the principal magistrate of man's life, let men by all means endeavor to obtain good customs. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Painting today is pure intuition and luck and taking advantage of what happens when you splash the stuff down. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
I usually accept bribes from both sides so that tainted money can never influence my decision. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
When Christ came into the world, peace was sung; and when He went out of the world, peace was bequeathed. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
...neither is it possible to discover the more remote and deeper parts of any science, if you stand but upon the level of the… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
The divisions of science are not like different lines that meet in one angle, but rather like the branches of trees that join in… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
The human understanding, when any preposition has been once laid down... forces everything else to add fresh support and confirmation; and although more cogent… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
I should have been, I don't know, a con-man, a robber or a prostitute. But it was vanity that made me choose painting, vanity… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
