Quotes by Bacon, Francis

Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution >>

God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires. >>

Riches are a good hand maiden, but a poor mistress. >>

Quotations about Hope

If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think in >>

He gains a great deal who loses a vain hope. >>

What can I know? What ought I to do? What can I hope? >>

Hope is a good breakfast but a bad supper.

Bacon, Francis