Money is like manure, its only good if you spread it around.
FRANCIS BACONMoney is like manure, its only good if you spread it around.
FRANCIS BACONTo suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none.
FRANCIS BACONNature cannot be commanded except by being obeyed.
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 BACONA man that is young in years may be old in hours if he have lost no time.
FRANCIS BACONNature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.
FRANCIS BACONTruth is the daughter of time, not of authority.
FRANCIS BACONA little philosophy inclineth man’s mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men’s minds about to religion.
FRANCIS BACONReading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man
FRANCIS BACONThe less people speak of their greatness, the more we think of it.
FRANCIS BACONSome books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.
FRANCIS BACONThere is no exquisite beauty, without some strangeness in the proportion.
FRANCIS BACONThere are two ways of spreading light, to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
FRANCIS BACONFor a crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love.
FRANCIS BACONIt is a sad fate for a man to die too well known to everybody else, and still unknown to himself.
FRANCIS BACONThere Are But Two Tragedies in Life-One is One’s Inability to attain One’s Heart’s Desire-The Other Is To Have It!
FRANCIS BACON