Of great wealth there is no real use, except in its distribution, the rest is just conceit. – Francis Bacon
Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men. – Francis Bacon
It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a mans self. – Francis Bacon
He that gives good advice, builds with one hand he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both but he that gives good admonition and bad example, builds with one hand and pulls down with the other. – Francis Bacon