Friends are thieves of time.

Quote by Francis Bacon

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But men must know, that in this theatre of man's life it is reserved only...

But men must know, that in this theatre of man's life it is reserved only...

Nothing is pleasant that is not spiced with variety.

Nothing is pleasant that is not spiced with variety.

Next to religion, let your care be to promote justice.

Next to religion, let your care be to promote justice.

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...

In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.

In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.

Time is the measure of business.

Time is the measure of business.

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...

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

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

The arch-flatterer, with whom all the petty flatterers have intelligence, is a man's self.

The arch-flatterer, with whom all the petty flatterers have intelligence, is a man's self.

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

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

Opportunity makes a thief.

Opportunity makes a thief.

Acorns were good until bread was found.

Acorns were good until bread was found.

Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.

Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.

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

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

Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes.

Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes.

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.

A man must make his opportunity, as oft as find it.

A man must make his opportunity, as oft as find it.

Pictures and shapes are but secondary objects and please or displease only in the memory.

Pictures and shapes are but secondary objects and please or displease only in the memory.

There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which...

There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which...

For also knowledge itself is power.

For also knowledge itself is power.