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
This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge keeps his wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well.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
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
