Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.

Quote by Francis Bacon

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A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.

A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man...

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man...

Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God.

Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God.

The joys of parents are secret, and so are their griefs and fears: they cannot...

The joys of parents are secret, and so are their griefs and fears: they cannot...

I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years...

I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years...

Opportunity makes a thief.

Opportunity makes a thief.

Houses are built to live in, and not to look on: therefore let use be...

Houses are built to live in, and not to look on: therefore let use be...

Many a man's strength is in opposition, and when he faileth, he grows out of...

Many a man's strength is in opposition, and when he faileth, he grows out of...

Important families are like potatoes. The best parts are underground

Important families are like potatoes. The best parts are underground

Out of monuments, names, words, proverbs, traditions, private records and evidences, fragments of stories, passages...

Out of monuments, names, words, proverbs, traditions, private records and evidences, fragments of stories, passages...

Important families are like potatoes. The best parts are underground.

Important families are like potatoes. The best parts are underground.

Money is like muck, not good except it be spread.

Money is like muck, not good except it be spread.

It is as hard and severe a thing to be a true politician as to...

It is as hard and severe a thing to be a true politician as to...

For a crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and...

For a crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and...

Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.

Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.

A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.

A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.

Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much.

Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much.

God's first creature, which was light.

God's first creature, which was light.

For my name and memory I leave to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations...

For my name and memory I leave to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations...

There is a wisdom in this beyond the rules of physic: a man's own observation...

There is a wisdom in this beyond the rules of physic: a man's own observation...