Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.Francis Bacon
There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.Francis Bacon
There is a wisdom in this beyond the rules of physic: a man's own observation what he finds good of and what he finds hurt of is the best physic to preserve health.Francis Bacon
Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience.Francis Bacon
