Francis Bacon

Prosperity discovers vice, adversity discovers virtue.

Francis Bacon

Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes.

Francis Bacon

Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.

Francis Bacon

Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

Francis Bacon

Riches are a good hand maiden, but a poor mistress.

Francis Bacon

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

Francis Bacon

The great end of life is not knowledge but action.

Francis Bacon

The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.

Francis Bacon

The less people speak of their greatness, the more we think of it.

Francis Bacon

The worst solitude is to have no real friendships.

Francis Bacon