Be not penny-wise. Riches have wings. Sometimes they fly away of themselves, and sometimes they must be set flying to bring in more.
Francis BaconIt is the peculiar and perpetual error of the human understanding to be more moved and excited by affirmatives than by negatives
Francis BaconPeople have discovered that they can fool the devil; but they can't fool the neighbors.
Francis BaconIt is a sad fate for a man to die too well known to everybody else, and still unknown to himself.
Francis Bacon