“Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.”

Francis Bacon

“Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse.”

Francis Bacon

“Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.”

Francis Bacon

“Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.”

Francis Bacon

“Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to...”

Francis Bacon