People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to custom.Francis Bacon
The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but giving light together: so it is a number of little and scarce discerned virtues, or rather faculties and customs, that make men fortunate.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
Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.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
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.Francis Bacon
