Francis Bacon

Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses.

Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses.

Men fear Death, as children fear to go in the dark; and as that
natural fear in children is read more

Men fear Death, as children fear to go in the dark; and as that
natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the
other.

To know truly is to know by causes.

To know truly is to know by causes.

Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men.

Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men.

The cord breaketh at last by the weakest pull.

The cord breaketh at last by the weakest pull.