Francis Bacon

There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.

There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.

Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament;
Adversity is the blessing of the New.

Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament;
Adversity is the blessing of the New.

(He) put that which was most material in the postscript.

(He) put that which was most material in the postscript.

The World's a bubble, and the Life of Man less than a span:
In his conception wretched, from the read more

The World's a bubble, and the Life of Man less than a span:
In his conception wretched, from the womb so to the tomb.
Curst from his cradle, and brought up to years with cares and
fears.
Who then to frail mortality shall trust,
But limns the water, or but writes in dust.

To choose time is to save time.

To choose time is to save time.