Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture than that of laws.Francis Bacon
No body can be healthful without exercise, neither natural body nor politic, and certainly, to a kingdom or estate, a just and honourable war is the true exercise.Francis Bacon
Houses are built to live in, and not to look on: therefore let use be preferred before uniformity.Francis Bacon
Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing.Francis Bacon
Certainly, in taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy, but in passing it over, he is superior; for it is a prince's part to pardon.Francis Bacon
It is in life as it is in ways, the shortest way is commonly the foulest, and surely the fairer way is not much about.Francis Bacon
It is a true rule that love is ever rewarded, either with the reciproque or with an inward and secret contempt.Francis Bacon
