The person is a poor judge who by an action can be disgraced more in failing than they can be honored in succeeding.
Francis BaconBy this means we presume we have established for ever, a true and legitimate marriage between the Empirical and Rational faculty; whose fastidious and unfortunate divorce and separation hath troubled and disordered the whole race and generation of mankind.
Francis BaconMen leave their riches either to their kindred or their friends, and moderate portions prosper best in both.
Francis BaconMen are rather beholden ... generally to chance or anything else, than to logic, for the invention of arts and sciences.
Francis Bacon