Nakedness is uncomely, as well in mind as body, and it addeth no small reverence to men's manners and actions if they be not altogether open. Therefore set it down: That a habit of secrecy is both politic and moral.
Francis Bacon
I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.
Francis Bacon
Nothing is pleasant that is not spiced with variety.
Francis Bacon
The best armor is to keep out of gunshot.
Francis Bacon
Some books are to be tasted; others swallowed; and some to be chewed and digested.
Francis Bacon
Never exaggerate your faults. Your friends will attend to that.
Francis Bacon
Friendship Quotes
Next to religion, let your care be to promote justice.
Francis Bacon
Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God.
Francis Bacon
Universities incline wits to sophistry and affectation.
Francis Bacon
The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused men to fall.
Francis Bacon
Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success.
Francis Bacon
None of the affections have been noted to fascinate and bewitch but envy.
Francis Bacon
Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New.
Francis Bacon
Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture than that of laws.
Francis Bacon
Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses.
Francis Bacon
It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.