Francis Bacon

No body can be healthful without exercise, neither natural body nor politic, and certainly, to a kingdom or estate, a just and honourable war is the true exercise. ”

Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read. ”

It is as hard and severe a thing to be a true politician as to be truly moral. ”

The worst solitude is to have no real friendships. ”

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom. ”

Anger is certainly a kind of baseness, as it appears well in the weakness of those subjects in whom it reigns: children, women, old folks, sick folks. ”

Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is the other. ”

Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter. ”

He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. ”

The worst men often give the best advice. ”