Francis Bacon Cannot Quotations

It is a certain sign of a wise government and proceeding that it can hold men's hearts by hopes when it cannot by satisfaction

It is good discretion not to make too much of any man at the first; because one cannot hold out that proportion

There be that can pack the cards, and yet cannot play well.

We cannot too often think there is a never sleeping eye, which reads the heart, and registers our thoughts

Argumentation cannot suffice for the discovery of new work, since the subtlety of Nature is greater many times than the subtlety of argument.

A man cannot speak to his son but as a father, to his wife but as a husband, to his enemy but upon terms; whereas a friend may speak as the case requires, and not as it sorteth with the person.

The joys of parents are secret, and so are their griefs and fears: they cannot utter the one, nor will they utter the other

If money be not they servant, it will be thy master. The covetous man cannot so properly be said to possess wealth, as that may be said to possess him.