Francis Bacon

If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics. - Essays, 1625.

If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics. - Essays, 1625.

There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there read more

There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a man's self.

There is no great concurrence between learning and wisdom.

There is no great concurrence between learning and wisdom.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will be content to begin read more

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.

Behind every great fortune there is a crime.

Behind every great fortune there is a crime.