Francis Bacon ( 10 of 168 )
Vain-glorious men are the scorn of the wise, the admiration of fools, the idols of paradise, and the slaves of read more
Vain-glorious men are the scorn of the wise, the admiration of fools, the idols of paradise, and the slaves of their own vaunts.
Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
That conceit, elegantly expressed by the Emperor Charles V., in
his instructions to the King, his son, "that fortune read more
That conceit, elegantly expressed by the Emperor Charles V., in
his instructions to the King, his son, "that fortune hath
somewhat the nature of a woman, that if she be too much wooed she
is the farther off."
Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.
Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.
The poets did well to conjoin music and medicine, because the office of medicine is but to tune the curious read more
The poets did well to conjoin music and medicine, because the office of medicine is but to tune the curious harp of man's body.
Look to make your course regular, that men may know beforehand what they may expect.
Look to make your course regular, that men may know beforehand what they may expect.
Men on their side must force themselves for a while to lay their notions by and begin to familiarize themselves read more
Men on their side must force themselves for a while to lay their notions by and begin to familiarize themselves with facts.
He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both; but read more
He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both; but he that gives good admonition and bad example, builds with one hand and pulls down with the other.
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.
