Certainly virtue is like precious odors, most fragrant when they are incensed, or crushed: for prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue. – Francis Bacon
For friends… do but look upon good Books: they are true friends, that will neither flatter nor dissemble. – Francis Bacon
It is not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong; not what we gain but what we save that makes us rich; not what we read but what we remember that makes us learned; and not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity. – Francis Bacon
Houses are built to live in, and not to look on: therefore let use be preferred before uniformity. – Francis Bacon