“A verdade é filha do tempo, não da autoridade.”
For rightlyis truth called the daughter of time, not of authority
The Physical and Metaphysical Works of Lord Bacon Including the Advancement of Learning and Novum Organum - página 418 https://books.google.com.br/books?id=0Ow3AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA418, Francis Bacon, Joseph Devey - G. Bell and Sons, 1808
Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses
Essays (1625); Of Marriage and Single Life [A vida de casados e solteiros]
“Nunca há excesso na caridade.”
In charity there is no excess.
Essays (1625); Of Goodness and Goodness of Nature [A bondade de Deus e da Natureza]
“O homem deve criar as oportunidades e não somente encontrá-las.”
A man must make his opportunity, as oft as find it.
Francisci Baconi Baronis de Verulamio ... Opera Omnia Quatuor Voluminibus Comprehensa: In quo continetur Instaurationis magnae pars tertia - Página 522 http://books.google.com.br/books?id=e2JUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA522, Francis Bacon, John Blackbourne, George Fabyan Collection (Library of Congress) - Impensis R. Gosling, 1730
“A prosperidade prontamente descobre o vício; mas a adversidade logo descobre a virtude.”
for prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue.
"Essays Civil and Moral, item V - Of Adversity" in: "The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England" - Vol. I Página 14 http://books.google.com/books?id=qaORkIXGnmMC&pg=PA14, de Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - Publicado por A. Hart, late Carey & Hart, 1852
The Intellect, if left to itself, in a sober, patient and grave disposition, (especially if it be not hindered by received doctrines,) tries somewhat that second and right way, but with only slight results; since the Intellect, unless it be ruled and helped, is unequal to and utterly unfit to overcome the obscurity of things.
The Novum Organon,: Or a True Guide to the Interpretation of Nature, página 15 https://books.google.com.br/books?id=79oQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA15, Francis Bacon, traduzido por George William Kitchin, The University Press, 1855, 338 páginas
“A virtude da prosperidade é a temperança. A virtude da adversidade, a força.”
the virtue of prosperity is temperance, the virtue of adversity is fortitude
The Essays, Or Councils, Civil and Moral - Página 11 https://books.google.com.br/books?id=l9A5AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA11, Francis Bacon - H. Clark, 1718