Quote: Consistency is the foundation of virtue. [Francis Bacon]
Quote: Look to make your course regular, that men may know beforehand what they may expect. [Francis Bacon]
Quote: It is natural to die as to be born. [Francis Bacon]
Quote: It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other. [Francis Bacon]
Quote: I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke of death. [Francis Bacon]
Quote: Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words, or in good order. [Francis Bacon]
Quote: People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to custom. [Francis Bacon]
Quote: If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world. [Francis Bacon]
Quote: The place of justice is a hallowed place. [Francis Bacon]
Quote: If we begin with certainties, we shall end in doubts; but if we begin with doubts, and are patient in them, we shall end in certainties. [Francis Bacon]
Quote: If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties. [Francis Bacon]
Quote: The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused men to fall. [Francis Bacon]
Quote: In contemplation, if a man begins with certainties he shall end in doubts; but if he be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties. [Francis Bacon]
Quote: Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it. [Francis Bacon]
Quote: Suspicion amongst thoughts are like bats amongst birds, they never fly by twilight. [Francis Bacon]
Quote: Of great wealth there is no real use, except in its distribution, the rest is just conceit. [Francis Bacon]
Quote: Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable. [Francis Bacon]
Quote: In charity there is no excess. [Francis Bacon]
Quote: To be free minded and cheerfully disposed at hours of meat and sleep and of exercise is one of the best precepts of long lasting. [Francis Bacon]
Quote: He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. [Francis Bacon]
Quote: Fortune is like the market, where, many times, if you can stay a little, the price will fall. [Francis Bacon]
Quote: Ill Fortune never crushed that man whom good fortune deceived not. [Francis Bacon]
Quote: Acorns were good until bread was found. [Francis Bacon]
Quote: Men on their side must force themselves for a while to lay their notions by and begin to familiarize themselves with facts. [Francis Bacon]
Quote: Riches are for spending. [Francis Bacon]