Maxioms by Francis Bacon, Sr.
Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture than that of laws.
Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture than that of laws.
Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much read more
Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience.
Houses are built to live in and not to look on.
Houses are built to live in and not to look on.
Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes.
Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes.
Such is the way of all superstition, whether in astrology, dreams, omens, divine judgments, or the like; wherein men, having read more
Such is the way of all superstition, whether in astrology, dreams, omens, divine judgments, or the like; wherein men, having a delight in such vanities, mark the events where they are fulfilled, but where they fail, though this happen much oftener, n
