Francis Bacon

Money is like muck, not good except it be spread.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

A good conscience is a continual feast.

Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is the other.

Croesus said to Cambyses; That peace was better than war; because in peace the sons did bury their fathers, but in wars the fathers did bury their sons.

Acorns were good until bread was found.

Always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals.

A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.

Sometimes if I see negative things it really doesn’t faze me, because you’ve got to be tough and you’ve got to be you.

There mark what ills the scholar’s life assail, toil, envy, want, and patron.

If in doubt, don’t. If still in doubt, do what’s right.

No two men can be half an hour together but one shall acquire an evident superiority over the other.

Be careless in your dress if you will, but keep a tidy soul.

Only one is a wanderer; two together are always going somewhere.

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.

When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land.

There is not human being from whom we cannot learn something if we are interested enough to dig deep.

In this magical hour, as the black ink sky fades to forget-me-not grey and the Cyprus trees emerge from the shadows, I tune in to my heart. In clarity, I choose to step into freedom to bring lightness of being and to be love.

Whether you come from a council estate or a country estate, your success will be determined by your own confidence and fortitude.

All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently to be a great evil.

Having the fewest wants, I am nearest to the gods.