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.
Houses are built to live in and not to look on.
Houses are built to live in and not to look on.
The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.
The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.
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.
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
