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

Quote by Francis Bacon

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We are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do, and not...

We are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do, and not...

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.

Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.

Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.

Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.

Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.

Truth emerges more readily from error than from confusion.

Truth emerges more readily from error than from confusion.

This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge keeps his wounds green, which otherwise...

This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge keeps his wounds green, which otherwise...

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...

Money is a good servant but a bad master.

Money is a good servant but a bad master.

The pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job...

The pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job...

The worst solitude is to have no real friendships.

The worst solitude is to have no real friendships.

Without friends the world is but a wilderness. There is no man that imparteth his...

Without friends the world is but a wilderness. There is no man that imparteth his...

Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old...

Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old...

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

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

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...

Friends are thieves of time.

Friends are thieves of time.

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.

Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.

Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.

Silence is the virtue of fools.

Silence is the virtue of fools.

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.

Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.