5 Francis Bacon Quotes on Fortune

Francis Bacon quotes on fortune

25. Primum quaerite bona animi; caetera aut aderunt, aut non oberunt

81. He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. 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.

101. Fortune is like the market, where many times, if you can stay a little, the price will fall.

122. If a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune; for though she is blind, she is not invisible.

123. Chiefly the mold of a man's fortune is in his own hands.