Francis Bacon

A bachelor's life is a fine breakfast, a flat lunch, and a miserable dinner. ”

He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both; but he that gives good admonition and bad example, builds with one hand and pulls down with the other. ”

Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority. ”

Certainly, in taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy, but in passing it over, he is superior; for it is a prince's part to pardon. ”

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

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

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

The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs. ”

If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics. ”

Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and more fit for new projects than for settled business. ”