Nuptial love makes mankind; friendly love perfects it; but wanton love corrupts and debases it.

Quote by Francis Bacon

Topics: Famous Love Quotes, Love Quotes

Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.

Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense...

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense...

Truth emerges more readily from error than from confusion.

Truth emerges more readily from error than from confusion.

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

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

For a crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and...

For a crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and...

Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter.

Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter.

Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the...

Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the...

Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man's nature runs to,...

Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man's nature runs to,...

But men must know, that in this theatre of man's life it is reserved only...

But men must know, that in this theatre of man's life it is reserved only...

Acorns were good until bread was found.

Acorns were good until bread was found.

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

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

Next to religion, let your care be to promote justice.

Next to religion, let your care be to promote justice.

Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.

Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.

Age will not be defied.

Age will not be defied.

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.

By indignities men come to dignities.

By indignities men come to dignities.

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...

Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture...

Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture...

Studies perfect nature and are perfected still by experience.

Studies perfect nature and are perfected still by experience.

The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs.

The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs.