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

Quote by Francis Bacon

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The four pillars of government . . . (which are religion, justice, counsel, and treasure).

The four pillars of government . . . (which are religion, justice, counsel, and treasure).

For also knowledge itself is power.

For also knowledge itself is power.

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.

Science is but an image of the truth.

Science is but an image of the truth.

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

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

Books will speak plain when counselors blanch.

Books will speak plain when counselors blanch.

Oh! death will find me long before I tire of watching you.

Oh! death will find me long before I tire of watching you.

Knowledge and human power are synonymous.

Knowledge and human power are synonymous.

Opportunity makes a thief.

Opportunity makes a thief.

As the births of living creatures are at first ill-shapen, so are all innovations, which...

As the births of living creatures are at first ill-shapen, so are all innovations, which...

They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing...

They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing...

God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures.

God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures.

Houses are built to live in, and not to look on: therefore let use be...

Houses are built to live in, and not to look on: therefore let use be...

The correlative to loving our neighbors as ourselves is hating ourselves as we hate our...

The correlative to loving our neighbors as ourselves is hating ourselves as we hate our...

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.

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

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

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

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...

He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the...

He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the...

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

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