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 Read Quote
It is a true rule that love is ever rewarded, either with the reciproque or with an inward and secret contempt. Francis Bacon Read Quote
The correlative to loving our neighbors as ourselves is hating ourselves as we hate our neighbors. Francis Bacon Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck of time. Francis Bacon Read Quote
For my name and memory I leave to men’s charitable speeches, and to foreign nations and the next ages. Francis Bacon Read Quote
