Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set. – Francis Bacon
He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. – Francis Bacon

Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set. – Francis Bacon
He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. – Francis Bacon
A graceful and pleasing figure is a perpetual letter of recommendation. – Francis Bacon