Francis Bacon, Sr. Quotes

The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.

Discretion of speech is more than eloquence; and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words or in good order.

It`s not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong; not what we gain but what we save that makes us rich; not what we read but what we remember that makes us learned; and not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

Such is the way of all superstition, whether in astrology, dreams, omens, divine judgments, or the like; wherein men, having a delight in such vanities, mark the events where they are fulfilled, but where they fail, though this happen much oftener, n

Boldness is ever blind, for it sees not dangers and inconveniences whence it is bad in council though good in execution

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.

Houses are built to live in and not to look on.

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is

Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture than that of laws.

Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes.

There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that lost by not trying.

Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New.

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.

Boldness is a child of ignorance

Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes

If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world, and that his heart is no island cut off from other lands, but a continent that joins to them.