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

Quote by Francis Bacon

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It is natural to die as to be born.

It is natural to die as to be born.

Important families are like potatoes. The best parts are underground

Important families are like potatoes. The best parts are underground

For also knowledge itself is power.

For also knowledge itself is power.

Rebellions of the belly are the worst.

Rebellions of the belly are the worst.

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...

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

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

The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused...

The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused...

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...

Therefore if a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune; for though she...

Therefore if a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune; for though she...

Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter.

Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter.

If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics.

If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics.

Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.

Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.

A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.

A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.

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...

Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much.

Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much.

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

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

If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen...

If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen...

Really big people are, above everything else, courteous, considerate and generous - not just to...

Really big people are, above everything else, courteous, considerate and generous - not just to...

I wish the men in my house would be a little more courteous and put...

I wish the men in my house would be a little more courteous and put...

Courtesy while you're thinking what to say. It saves time.

Courtesy while you're thinking what to say. It saves time.