If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master. The covetous man cannot so properly be said to possess wealth, as that may be said to possess him.

Quote by Francis Bacon

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Discern of the coming on of years, and think not to do the same things...

Discern of the coming on of years, and think not to do the same things...

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...

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...

It is a certain sign of a wise government and proceeding that it can hold...

It is a certain sign of a wise government and proceeding that it can hold...

The worst solitude is to have no real friendships.

The worst solitude is to have no real friendships.

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.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he...

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he...

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...

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...

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.

Opportunity makes a thief.

Opportunity makes a thief.

Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural...

Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural...

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

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

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...

It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant,...

It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant,...

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

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

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.

What is truth? said jesting Pilate; and would not stay for an answer.

What is truth? said jesting Pilate; and would not stay for an answer.

Riches are a good hand maiden, but a poor mistress.

Riches are a good hand maiden, but a poor mistress.