Francis Bacon

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimely interchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

Francis Bacon

Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing.

Francis Bacon

Praise is the reflection of virtue.

Francis Bacon

Princes are like heavenly bodies, which cause good or evil times, and which have much veneration, but no rest.

Francis Bacon

Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man’s nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out.

Francis Bacon

Secrecy in suits goes a great way towards success.

Francis Bacon

Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God.

Francis Bacon

So if a man’s wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics.

Francis Bacon

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.

Francis Bacon

Speech of yourself ought to be seldom and well chosen.

Francis Bacon