Prosperity discovers vice, adversity discovers virtue.

Quote by Francis Bacon Sr

Topics: Adversity Quotes, Virtue Quotes

Croesus said to Cambyses; That peace was better than war; because in peace the sons...

Croesus said to Cambyses; That peace was better than war; because in peace the sons...

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, but to...

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, but to...

Envy is ever joined with the comparing of a man's self; and where there is...

Envy is ever joined with the comparing of a man's self; and where there is...

It's not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong; not what...

It's not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong; not what...

The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.

The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.

It is true greatness to have in one the frailty of a man and the...

It is true greatness to have in one the frailty of a man and the...

The job of the artist is to deepen the mystery

The job of the artist is to deepen the mystery

Wise men make more opportunities than they find.

Wise men make more opportunities than they find.

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...

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.

I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke...

I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke...

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

To choose time is to save time.

To choose time is to save time.

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...

Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New.

Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New.

Houses are built to live in, not to look on; therefore, let use be preferred...

Houses are built to live in, not to look on; therefore, let use be preferred...

Boldness is ever blind, for it sees not dangers and inconveniences whence it is bad...

Boldness is ever blind, for it sees not dangers and inconveniences whence it is bad...

To suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none.

To suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none.

Whatever limits us, we call Fate

Whatever limits us, we call Fate

Everyone takes the limits of his own vision for the limits of the world.

Everyone takes the limits of his own vision for the limits of the world.