The light that a man receives by counsel from another is drier and purer than that which comes from his own understanding and judgment, which is ever infused and drenched in his affections and customs.
Francis BaconNothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimely interchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.
Francis BaconPictures and shapes are but secondary objects and please or displease only in the memory.
Francis Bacon