Francis Bacon

Men of noble birth are noted to be envious towards new men when they rise. For the distance is altered, read more

Men of noble birth are noted to be envious towards new men when they rise. For the distance is altered, and it is like a deceit of the eye, that when others come on they think themselves go back.

I have taken all knowledge to be my province.

I have taken all knowledge to be my province.

Nothing is terrible except fear itself.

Nothing is terrible except fear itself.

God's first creature, which was light.

God's first creature, which was light.

To be free minded and cheerfully disposed at hours of meat and sleep and of exercise is one of the read more

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.