Francis Bacon·1625Age 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.Of Friendship
Francis Bacon·1605They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea.
Francis Bacon·1625·London, EnglandSome books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.Of Studies
Francis Bacon·1625·London, EnglandHe that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief.Of Marriage and Single Life
Francis Bacon·1625Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.Of Studies
