Sir Francis Bacon on Beauty
There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.
Sir Francis Bacon on Writing
Reading makes a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.
Sir Francis Bacon on Silence
Silence is the virtue of fools.
Sir Francis Bacon on Books
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.
Sir Francis Bacon on Appearance / Attitudes
There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.