Without friends the world is but a wilderness. There is no man that imparteth his joys to his friends, but he joyeth the more; and no man that imparteth his grieves to his friend, but he grieveth the less.

Quote by Francis Bacon

Topics: Friendship Quotes

Time is the measure of business.

Time is the measure of business.

Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but...

Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but...

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

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

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.

In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it...

In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it...

It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant,...

It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant,...

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;...

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.

Friends are thieves of time.

Friends are thieves of time.

If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master. The covetous man cannot...

If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master. The covetous man cannot...

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...

Nothing is pleasant that is not spiced with variety.

Nothing is pleasant that is not spiced with variety.

The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses...

The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses...

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...

Seek ye first the good things of the mind, and the rest will either be...

Seek ye first the good things of the mind, and the rest will either be...

The pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job...

The pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job...

Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the...

Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the...

Acorns were good until bread was found.

Acorns were good until bread was found.

The remedy is worse than the disease.

The remedy is worse than the disease.

Fortune is like the market, where, many times, if you can stay a little, the...

Fortune is like the market, where, many times, if you can stay a little, the...