In things that a man would not be seen in himself, it is a point of cunning to borrow the name of the world; as to say, “The world says,” or “There is a speech abroad.”
Francis Bacon Quotes
There is a cunning which we in England call “the turning of the cat in the pan;” which is, when that which a man says to another, he lays it as if another had said it to him.
It is a good point of cunning for a man to shape the answer he would have in his own words and propositions, for it makes the other party stick the less.
If a man will begin with certainties, he will end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he will end in certainties.
Mark what a generosity and courage (a dog) will put on when he finds himself maintained by a man, who to him is instead of a God.
It would be an unsound fancy and self-contradictory to expect that things which have never yet been done can be done except by means which have never yet been tried.
All rising to a great place is by a winding stair.
It is a miserable state of mind to have few things to desire, and many things to fear.
If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world.
The place of justice is a hallowed place.
