Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words, or in good order.

Quote by Francis Bacon

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Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.

Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.

Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.

Little do men perceive what solitude is, and how far it extendeth. For a crowd...

Little do men perceive what solitude is, and how far it extendeth. For a crowd...

Money is a good servant but a bad master.

Money is a good servant but a bad master.

The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused...

The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused...

We are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do, and not...

We are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do, and not...

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

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

A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him...

A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him...

A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.

A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.

I had rather believe all the Fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the...

I had rather believe all the Fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the...

The fortune which nobody sees makes a person happy and unenvied.

The fortune which nobody sees makes a person happy and unenvied.

Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New.

Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New.

Fortitude is the marshal of thought, the armor of the will, and the fort of...

Fortitude is the marshal of thought, the armor of the will, and the fort of...

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtile; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic...

Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtile; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic...

The correlative to loving our neighbors as ourselves is hating ourselves as we hate our...

The correlative to loving our neighbors as ourselves is hating ourselves as we hate our...

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...

Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck...

Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck...

It is in life as it is in ways, the shortest way is commonly the...

It is in life as it is in ways, the shortest way is commonly the...

They that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils.

They that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils.