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

Quote by Francis Bacon

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People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions,...

People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions,...

A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.

A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.

The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.

The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.

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

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

Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.

Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.

A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and...

A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and...

He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments...

He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments...

The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number...

The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number...

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,...

If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master. The covetous man cannot...

If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master. The covetous man cannot...

The remedy is worse than the disease.

The remedy is worse than the disease.

Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture...

Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture...

A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.

A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.

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...

Many a man's strength is in opposition, and when he faileth, he grows out of...

Many a man's strength is in opposition, and when he faileth, he grows out of...

Rebellions of the belly are the worst.

Rebellions of the belly are the worst.

The momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good...

The momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good...

By indignities men come to dignities.

By indignities men come to dignities.

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...

Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character...

Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character...