It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other.
Francis BaconThere is no vice that doth so cover a man with shame as to be found false and perfidious.
Francis BaconCertainly virtue is like precious odors, most fragrant when they are incensed, or crushed: for prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue.
Francis Bacon