Francis Bacon

“He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief.”
-Francis Bacon

“Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the better designedly.”
-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

“Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.”
-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

“God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures.”
-Francis Bacon