Judges ought to be more leaned than witty, more reverent than plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue.

Quote by Francis Bacon

Topics: Witty Quotes

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.

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...

Silence is the virtue of fools.

Silence is the virtue of fools.

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...

I have often thought upon death, and I find it the least of all evils.

I have often thought upon death, and I find it the least of all evils.

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.

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...

I had rather believe all the Fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the...

I had rather believe all the Fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the...

Money is a good servant but a bad master.

Money is a good servant but a bad master.

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...

It is impossible to love and be wise.

It is impossible to love and be wise.

To be free minded and cheerfully disposed at hours of meat and sleep and of...

To be free minded and cheerfully disposed at hours of meat and sleep and of...

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.

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...

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

By indignities men come to dignities.

By indignities men come to dignities.

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

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

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

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

They that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils.

They that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils.