Shaker_coverSaid by Francis Bacon

“Be so true to thyself, as thou be not false to others.”

“Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.”

“I had rather believe all the fables in the legends and the Talmud and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind.”

“If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master.”

“Money is like muck, not good except it be spread”

“Knowledge is power.”

“It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty.”

“Laws are made to guard the rights of the people, not to feed lawyers.”

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

“The art of acting should be made a part of the education of youth.”