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.

"A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds."

Francis Bacon

"Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor."

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

"The only really interesting thing iswhat happens between two people in a room."

Francis Bacon

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

Francis Bacon