The worst solitute is to be destitute of true friendship.
FRANCIS BACONThe worst solitute is to be destitute of true friendship.
FRANCIS BACONAge appears best in four things: old wood to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust and old authors to read.
FRANCIS BACONIf we are to achieve things never before accomplished we must employ methods never before attempted.
FRANCIS BACONNature cannot be commanded except by being obeyed.
FRANCIS BACONTruth is the daughter of time, not of authority.
FRANCIS BACONBegin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand–and melting like a snowflake.
FRANCIS BACONThe less people speak of their greatness, the more we think of it.
FRANCIS BACONFor friends, do but look upon good books, they are true friends, that will neither flatter nor dissemble.
FRANCIS BACONWhosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
FRANCIS BACONWonder is the seed of knowledge.
FRANCIS BACONThey are ill discoverers that think there is no land when they can see nothing but sea.
FRANCIS BACONHope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
FRANCIS BACONChoose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.
FRANCIS BACONNature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.
FRANCIS BACONHe that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.
FRANCIS BACONThere is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.
FRANCIS BACON