There is a wisdom in this beyond the rules of physic: a man's own observation what he finds good of and what he finds hurt of is the best physic to preserve health.

Quote by Francis Bacon

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A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds

I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years...

I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years...

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires.

God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he...

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he...

The place of justice is a hallowed place.

The place of justice is a hallowed place.

Friends are thieves of time.

Friends are thieves of time.

The joys of parents are secret, and so are their griefs and fears: they cannot...

The joys of parents are secret, and so are their griefs and fears: they cannot...

A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.

A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.

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...

Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel;...

Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel;...

There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which...

There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which...

Truth emerges more readily from error than from confusion.

Truth emerges more readily from error than from confusion.

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...

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..

Oh! death will find me long before I tire of watching you.

Oh! death will find me long before I tire of watching you.

The worst solitude is to have no real friendships.

The worst solitude is to have no real friendships.

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.

Very few people do anything creative after the age of thirty-five. The reason is that...

Very few people do anything creative after the age of thirty-five. The reason is that...

A man who is not a communist at the age of twenty is a fool....

A man who is not a communist at the age of twenty is a fool....