"He that hath a wife and children hath given hostages to fortune for they are impediments to great enterprises either of virtue or mischief."
- Sir Francis Bacon
"A man finds himself seven years older the day after his marriage."
"Riches are for spending."
- Francis Bacon
"Money is like muck - not good unless it be spread."
"Generally music feedeth that disposition of the spirits which it findeth."
"We cannot command Nature except by obeying her."
"God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed it is the purest of human pleasures."
"Fortune is like the market where many times if you can stay a little the price will fall."
"I hold every man a debtor to his profession from the which as men of course do seek to receive countenance and profit so ought they of duty to endeavor themselves by way of amends to be a help and..."
"Time is the greatest innovator."