He made all countries where he came his own.
I strongly wish for what I faintly hope; like the daydreams of melancholy men, I think and think in things impossible, yet love to wander in that golden maze.
No government has ever been, or can ever be, wherein time-servers and blockheads will not be uppermost.
War seldom enters but where wealth allures.
Freedom which in no other land will thrive, Freedom an English subject’s sole prerogative.
We must beat the iron while it is hot, but we may polish it at leisure.
A good conscience is a port which is landlocked on every side, where no winds can possibly invade. There a man may not only see his own image, but that of his Maker, clearly reflected from the undisturbed waters.
Revealed religion first informed thy sight, and reason saw not till faith sprung to light.
Youth should watch joys and shoot them as they fly.
He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear.
Light sufferings give us leisure to complain.
So softly death succeeded life in her, She did but dream of heaven, and she was there.
If passion rules, how weak does reason prove!
Sure there’s contagion in the tears of friends.
Beauty, like ice, our footing does betray; Who can tread sure on the smooth, slippery way: Pleased with the surface, we glide swiftly on, And see the dangers that we cannot shun.
Interest makes all seem reason that leads to it.
Thou tyrant, tyrant Jealousy, Thou tyrant of the mind!
Ever a glutton, at another’s cost, But in whose kitchen dwells perpetual frost.
The World to Bacon does not only owe it’s present knowledge, but its future too.
Here lies my wife: here let her lie! Now she’s at rest, and so am I.