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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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.

Life, an age to the miserable, and a moment to the happy.

Life, an age to the miserable, and a moment to the happy.

Silence is the virtue of fools.

Silence is the virtue of fools.

Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old...

Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old...

The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not...

The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not...

Money is like manure, of very little use except it be spread.

Money is like manure, of very little use except it be spread.

Studies perfect nature and are perfected still by experience.

Studies perfect nature and are perfected still by experience.

Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but...

Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but...

God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires.

God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires.

Money is a good servant but a bad master.

Money is a good servant but a bad master.

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...

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...

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...

If we do not maintain justice, justice will not maintain us.

If we do not maintain justice, justice will not maintain us.

The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses...

The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses...

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...

It is impossible to love and be wise.

It is impossible to love and be wise.

God's first creature, which was light.

God's first creature, which was light.

They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing...

They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing...

Seek ye first the good things of the mind, and the rest will either be...

Seek ye first the good things of the mind, and the rest will either be...