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

Quote by Francis Bacon Sr

Topics: Adversity Quotes, Prosperity Quotes

Knowledge is power.

Knowledge is power.

To choose time is to save time.

To choose time is to save time.

For my name and memory, I leave it to men's charitable speeches, to foreign nations,...

For my name and memory, I leave it to men's charitable speeches, to foreign nations,...

Great hypocrite are the real atheists.

Great hypocrite are the real atheists.

Houses are built to live in and not to look on.

Houses are built to live in and not to look on.

We cannot command Nature except by obeying her.

We cannot command Nature except by obeying her.

Studies serve for delight, for ornaments, and for ability.

Studies serve for delight, for ornaments, and for ability.

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...

It is the true office of history to represent the events themselves, together with the...

It is the true office of history to represent the events themselves, together with the...

He that hath knowledge spareth his words.

He that hath knowledge spareth his words.

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimely interchange of power stretched too far...

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimely interchange of power stretched too far...

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...

Good questions outrank easy answers.

Good questions outrank easy answers.

Discretion of speech is more than eloquence; and to speak agreeably to him with whom...

Discretion of speech is more than eloquence; and to speak agreeably to him with whom...

Silence is the virtue of fools.

Silence is the virtue of fools.

God never wrought miracles to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.

God never wrought miracles to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.

Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We...

Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We...

He that defers his charity until he is dead is, if a man weighs it...

He that defers his charity until he is dead is, if a man weighs it...

I have now lost my barrier between me and death; God grant I may live...

I have now lost my barrier between me and death; God grant I may live...

Charity isn't a good substitute for justice

Charity isn't a good substitute for justice