Money is like muck - not good unless it be spread.

"Age appears best in four things: old wood to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust and old authors to read."

Francis Bacon

"We cannot command Nature except by obeying her."

Francis Bacon

"REVENGE is a kind of wild justice; which the more man’s nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out."

Francis Bacon

"Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority."

Francis Bacon

"People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to custom."

Francis Bacon

"There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool."

Francis Bacon