Age appears to be best in four things old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read. – Francis Bacon
I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am. – Francis Bacon
I doe hold it, in the Royall ordering of Gardens, there ought to be Gardens, for all the Moneths in the Yeare: In which, severally Things of Beautie, may in then in Season. – Francis Bacon
Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable. – Francis Bacon