Francis Bacon

A man must make his opportunity, as oft as find it.

Francis Bacon

A man that is young in years may be old in hours if he have lost no time.

Francis Bacon

A man’s nature runs either to herbs, or weeds: Therefore let him seasonably water the one, and destroy the other.

Francis Bacon

A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open.

Francis Bacon

All bravery stands upon comparisons.

Francis Bacon

Always let losers have their words.

Francis Bacon

Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.

Francis Bacon

Envy is ever joined with the comparing of a man’s self; and where there is no comparison, no envy.

Francis Bacon

For what a man had rather were true he more readily believes.

Francis Bacon

Fortitude is the marshal of thought, the armor of the will, and the fort of reason.

Francis Bacon