Money is like manure, of very little use except it be spread.

Quote by Francis Bacon Sr

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Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses.

Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses.

Cleanness of body was ever deemed to proceed from a due reverence to God.

Cleanness of body was ever deemed to proceed from a due reverence to God.

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

The place of justice is a hallowed place

The place of justice is a hallowed place

Knowledge itself is power

Knowledge itself is power

Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.

Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.

The joys of parents are secret, and so are their griefs and fears: they cannot...

The joys of parents are secret, and so are their griefs and fears: they cannot...

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

He that hath knowledge spareth his words.

He that hath knowledge spareth his words.

Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We...

Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We...

For my name and memory, I leave it to men's charitable speeches, to foreign nations,...

For my name and memory, I leave it to men's charitable speeches, to foreign nations,...

Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life

Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life

There is superstition in avoiding superstitions

There is superstition in avoiding superstitions

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimely interchange of power stretched too far...

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimely interchange of power stretched too far...

God never wrought miracles to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.

God never wrought miracles to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.

Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do...

Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do...

It is the true office of history to represent the events themselves, together with the...

It is the true office of history to represent the events themselves, together with the...

He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and...

He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and...

A good way to breakup with your girlfriend is to introduce her as your ex...

A good way to breakup with your girlfriend is to introduce her as your ex...

Be ever vigilant, but never suspicious

Be ever vigilant, but never suspicious

And I have no doubt that every new example will succeed, as every past one...

And I have no doubt that every new example will succeed, as every past one...

A half-truth is a whole lie

A half-truth is a whole lie