Francis Bacon

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

Francis Bacon

The sun, though it passes through dirty places, yet remains as pure as before.

Francis Bacon

The virtue of prosperity is temperance, the virtue of adversity is fortitude.

Francis Bacon

The worst men often give the best advice.

Francis Bacon

There are many wise men that have secret hearts and transparent countenances.

Francis Bacon

There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little.

Francis Bacon

Truth emerges more readily from error than from confusion.

Francis Bacon

Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.

Francis Bacon

When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative.

Francis Bacon

Without friends the world is but a wilderness.

Francis Bacon