Houses are built to live in, and not to look on: therefore let use be preferred before uniformity.Francis Bacon
This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge keeps his wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well.Francis Bacon
It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.Francis Bacon
Seek ye first the good things of the mind, and the rest will either be supplied or its loss will not be felt.Francis Bacon
In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.Francis Bacon
Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid.Francis Bacon
