Francis Bacon

Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid.

Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid.

Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life.

Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life.

There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there read more

There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a man's self.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

The cord breaketh at last by the weakest pull.

The cord breaketh at last by the weakest pull.