A prudent question is one-half of wisdom. – Francis Bacon

Of great wealth there is no real use, except in its distribution, the rest is just conceit. – Francis Bacon
I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am. – Francis Bacon
What could be more lonely than to be enveloped in silence, to be the last of your people to speak your native tongue, to have no way to pass on the wisdom of the elders, to anticipate the promise of the children. This tragic fate is indeed the plight of someone somewhere roughly every two weeks. – Wade Davis
I believe we have become paralyzed, paralyzed by our desire to be loved. Now our founding fathers had the wisdom to know that social acceptance and popularity were fleeing, and that this countrys principles needed to be rooted in strengths greater than the passions and the emotions of the times. – Chris Christie