Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.

Quote by Francis Bacon

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Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the better designedly.

Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the better designedly.

The worst solitude is to have no real friendships.

The worst solitude is to have no real friendships.

A bachelor's life is a fine breakfast, a flat lunch, and a miserable dinner.

A bachelor's life is a fine breakfast, a flat lunch, and a miserable dinner.

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...

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...

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..

Studies perfect nature and are perfected still by experience.

Studies perfect nature and are perfected still by experience.

By indignities men come to dignities.

By indignities men come to dignities.

The momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good...

The momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good...

Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the...

Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the...

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...

Lies are sufficient to breed opinion, and opinion brings on substance.

Lies are sufficient to breed opinion, and opinion brings on substance.

I had rather believe all the Fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the...

I had rather believe all the Fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the...

Time is the measure of business.

Time is the measure of business.

Important families are like potatoes. The best parts are underground

Important families are like potatoes. The best parts are underground

Nothing is pleasant that is not spiced with variety.

Nothing is pleasant that is not spiced with variety.

Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God.

Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God.

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.

The ideal friendship is to feel as one while remaining two.

The ideal friendship is to feel as one while remaining two.

If I cannot understand my friend's silence, I will never get to understand his words.

If I cannot understand my friend's silence, I will never get to understand his words.