The best preservative to keep the mind on health is the faithful admonition of a friend.

Quote by Francis Bacon Sr

Topics: Friendship Quotes, Health Quotes

Prosperity discovers vice, adversity discovers virtue.

Prosperity discovers vice, adversity discovers virtue.

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

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

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...

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...

Men suppose their reason has command over their words; still it happens that words in...

Men suppose their reason has command over their words; still it happens that words in...

Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life

Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life

God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires

God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires

Come home to men's business and bosoms.

Come home to men's business and bosoms.

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...

The worst men often give the best advice.

The worst men often give the best advice.

He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and...

He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and...

Beauty itself is but the sensible image of the Infinite.

Beauty itself is but the sensible image of the Infinite.

Reading maketh a full man.

Reading maketh a full man.

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...

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

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

He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and...

He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and...

This delivering of knowledge in distinct and disjointed aphorisms doth leave the wit of man...

This delivering of knowledge in distinct and disjointed aphorisms doth leave the wit of man...

The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is...

The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is...

Not to know is bad, not to wish to know is worse.

Not to know is bad, not to wish to know is worse.