Men leave their riches either to their kindred or their friends, and moderate portions prosper best in both.
Francis BaconFortune is like the market, where, many times, if you can stay a little, the price will fall.
Francis BaconI'm working for myself; what else have I got to work for? How can you work for an audience? What do you imagine an audience would want? I have got nobody to excite except myself, so I am always surprised if anyone likes my work sometimes. I suppose I'm very lucky, of course, to be able to earn my living by something that really absorbs me to try to do, if that is what you call luck.
Francis Bacon