Frases do livro

Essays

Be so true to thyself as thou be not false to others
The Essays, or Councils, civil and moral of Sir Francis Bacon ... With a Table of the Colours of Good and Evil. And a Discourse of the Wisdom of the Ancients (done into English by Sir Arthur Gorges). To this edition is added the Character of Queen Elizabeth; never before printed in English, página 62 https://books.google.com.br/books?id=urVcAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA62, Francis Bacon, ‎Sir Arthur GORGES - For Henry Herringman and are to be sold by Timothy Childe, 1701

Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.
The Essays, or Councils, civil and moral of Sir Francis Bacon ... With a Table of the Colours of Good and Evil. And a Discourse of the Wisdom of the Ancients (done into English by Sir Arthur Gorges). To this edition is added the Character of Queen Elizabeth; never before printed in English, página 135 https://books.google.com.br/books?id=ripcAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA135, Francis Bacon, ‎Sir Arthur GORGES - R. Chiswell, 1706
Variante: A leitura faz ao homem completo; a conversa, ágil, e o escrever, preciso.

In charity there is no excess.
Essays (1625); Of Goodness and Goodness of Nature [A bondade de Deus e da Natureza]

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]

Revenge is a kind of wild justice
Essays (1625); Of Revenge [Da vingança]

Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men; which both in affection and means, have married and endowed the public.
Essays (1625); Of Marriage and Single Life [A vida de casados e solteiros]

There is no excellent beauty, that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.
The Essays, or Councils, civil and moral of Sir Francis Bacon ... With a Table of the Colours of Good and Evil. And a Discourse of the Wisdom of the Ancients (done into English by Sir Arthur Gorges). To this edition is added the Character of Queen Elizabeth; never before printed in English, página 116 https://books.google.com.br/books?id=urVcAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA116, Francis Bacon, ‎Sir Arthur GORGES - For Henry Herringman and are to be sold by Timothy Childe, 1701

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