God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures.

Quote by Francis Bacon

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Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

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.

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.

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...

Acorns were good until bread was found.

Acorns were good until bread was found.

As the births of living creatures are at first ill-shapen, so are all innovations, which...

As the births of living creatures are at first ill-shapen, so are all innovations, which...

There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little.

There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little.

The joys of parents are secret, and so are their grieves and fears.

The joys of parents are secret, and so are their grieves and fears.

A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.

A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be...

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be...

Money is a good servant but a bad master.

Money is a good servant but a bad master.

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

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

Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.

Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.

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...

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...

Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the better designedly.

Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the better designedly.

Oh! death will find me long before I tire of watching you.

Oh! death will find me long before I tire of watching you.

God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires.

God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires.

Silence is the virtue of fools.

Silence is the virtue of fools.

God has placed no limits to the exercise of the intellect he has given us,...

God has placed no limits to the exercise of the intellect he has given us,...