Riches are a good hand maiden, but a poor mistress. – Francis Bacon
Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible. – Francis Bacon
Riches are a good hand maiden, but a poor mistress. – Francis Bacon
Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible. – Francis Bacon
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
The crow in his purity I believe is seen and heard only in the North. Before you reach the Potomac there is an infusion of a weaker element, the fish-crow, whose helpless feminine call contrasts strongly with the hearty masculine caw of the original Simon. – John Burroughs, “Winter Sunshine”