A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.Sir Francis Bacon
All the crimes on earth do not destroy so many of the human race, nor alienate so much property, as drunkenness.Sir Francis Bacon
He that hath a wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief.Sir Francis Bacon
Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtile; natural philosophy, deep; morals, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.Sir Francis Bacon
In taking revenge a man is but equal to his enemy, but in passing it over he is his superior.Sir Francis Bacon
Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.Sir Francis Bacon
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.Sir Francis Bacon
The best work, and of greatest merit for the public, has proceeded from the unmarried or childless men.Sir Francis Bacon
The general root of superstition is that men observe when things hit, and not when they miss; and commit to memory the one, and forget and pass over the other.Sir Francis Bacon
There was never law, or sect, or opinion did so much magnify goodness, as the Christian religion doth.Sir Francis Bacon
