Francis Bacon Quotes
A dance is a measured pace, as a verse is a measured speech.
— Francis Bacon 
To choose time is to save time.
— Francis Bacon
It is good discretion not make too much of any man at the first; because one cannot hold out that proportion.
— Francis Bacon
The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.
— Francis Bacon
The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses and understanding.
— Francis Bacon
All rising to great place is by a winding stair.
— Francis Bacon
The rising unto place is laborious, and by pains men come to greater pains; and it is sometimes base, and by indignities men come to dignities. The standing is slippery, and the regress is either a downfall, or at least an eclipse.
— Francis Bacon
Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses.
— Francis Bacon
The inclination to goodness is imprinted deeply in the nature of man.
— Francis Bacon
Men on their side must force themselves for a while to lay their notions by and begin to familiarize themselves with facts.
— Francis Bacon
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