Sir Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St. Alban, Kt., KC (22 January 15619 April 1626) was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, orator and author.
A bachelor's life is a fine breakfast, a flat lunch, and a miserable dinner. Use this quote
It is impossible to love and to be wise. Use this quote
By indignities men come to dignities. Use this quote
Money is like manure, of very little use except it be spread. Use this quote
A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. Use this quote
Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise. Use this quote
Wise men make more opportunities than they find. Use this quote
The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but giving light together: so it is a number of little and scarce discerned virtues, or rather faculties and customs, that make men fortunate. Use this quote
For my name and memory I leave to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations and the next ages. Use this quote
We are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do. Use this quote
