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Francis Baco
A man would do well to carry a pencil in his pocket and write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable, and should be secured, because they seldom return.
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Francis Bacon
He that gives good advice builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example builds with both...
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Francis Bacon
Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience.
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Francis Bacon
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
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Sir Francis Bacon
Certainly virtue is like precious odors, most fragrant when they are incensed, or crushed: for prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue.
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Sir Francis Bacon
Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.
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Sir Francis Bacon
Death is a friend of ours; and he that is not ready to entertain him is not at home.
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Sir Francis Bacon
If a man will begin in certainties he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin in doubts he shall end in certainties.
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Sir Francis Bacon
If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts he shall end in certainties.
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Sir Francis Bacon
In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.
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Sir Francis Bacon
Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study.
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Sir Francis Bacon
Read not to contradict and confute, not to believe and take for granted, not to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider.
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Sir Francis Bacon
Reading makes a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.
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Sir Francis Bacon
Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.
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