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Francis Bacon: A good conscience...

Francis Bacon: A good conscience...

A good conscience is a continual feast.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Francis Bacon: Life, an age...

Francis Bacon: Life, an age...

Life, an age to the miserable, and a moment to the happy.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Peace Pilgrim: When you find...

Peace Pilgrim: When you find...

When you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live at peace with...

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The Irish are...

The Irish are...

The Irish are a fair people; - they never speak well of one another.

Source: Life...

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The applause of...

The applause of...

The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.

Source: In Webster's...

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The habit of...

The habit of...

The habit of looking on the bright side of every event is worth more than a thousand pounds a...

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Their learning is...

Their learning is...

Their learning is like bread in a besieged town: every man gets a little, but no man gets a full...

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Truth, Sir, is...

Truth, Sir, is...

Truth, Sir, is a cow which will yield such people no more milk, and so they are gone to milk the...

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When I observed...

When I observed...

When I observed he was a fine cat, saying, 'why yes, Sir, but I have had cats whom I liked better than this'; and then...

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To be idle...

To be idle...

To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man endeavours with his utmost care to hide...

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Turn on the...

Turn on the...

Turn on the prudent ant thy heedful eyes,
Observe her labours, sluggard, and be wise.


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Sin is a...

Sin is a...

Sin is a dangerous toy in the hands of the virtuous. It should be left to the congenitally sinful, who know when to...

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Let me smile...

Let me smile...

Let me smile with the wise, and feed with the rich.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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It matters not...

It matters not...

It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a...

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Perhaps man is...

Perhaps man is...

Perhaps man is the only being that can properly be called idle.

Source: In...

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The highest panegyric,...

The highest panegyric,...

The highest panegyric, therefore, that private virtue can receive, is the praise of...

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What we ever...

What we ever...

What we ever hope to do with ease, we must first learn to do with diligence.

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Wickedness is always...

Wickedness is always...

Wickedness is always easier than virtue; for it takes a short cut to everything.

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You are much...

You are much...

You are much surer that you are doing good when you pay money to those who work, as the recompense of their labour,...

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Wine makes a...

Wine makes a...

Wine makes a man better pleased with himself. I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others. . . . This is...

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