Quotes by Francis Bacon

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds

#Opportunity

Discern of the coming on of years, and think not to do the same things...

#Age

Age will not be defied.

#Age

Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses.

#Age

Life, an age to the miserable, and a moment to the happy.

#Age

Time is the measure of business.

#Business, #Time

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

#Parents

The joys of parents are secret, and so are their griefs and fears.

#Parents

Judges ought to be more leaned than witty, more reverent than plausible, and more advised...

#Witty

Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtile; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic...

#Witty

The four pillars of government . . . (which are religion, justice, counsel, and treasure).

#Government

It is a certain sign of a wise government and proceeding that it can hold...

#Government