God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires.

Francis Bacon Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable. Francis Bacon Fortitude is the marshal of thought, the armor of the will, and the fort of reas on. Francis Bacon Knowledge and human power are synonymous. Francis Bacon Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed a nd digested. Francis Bacon Truth emerges more readily from error than from confusion. Francis Bacon He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both; but he that gives good admonition and bad example, bu ilds with one hand and pulls down with the other. Francis Bacon Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper. Francis Bacon If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world. Francis Bacon The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs. Francis Bacon Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul. Francis Bacon As the births of living creatures are at first ill-shapen, so are all innovation s, which are the births of time. Francis Bacon Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom. Francis Bacon God has placed no limits to the exercise of the intellect he has given us, on th is side of the grave. Francis Bacon The great end of life is not knowledge but action. Francis Bacon Without friends the world is but a wilderness. There is no man that imparteth hi s joys to his friends, but he joyeth the more; and no man that imparteth his gri eves to his friend, but he grieveth the less. Francis Bacon I'm not funny. What I am is brave. Lucille Ball Ability is of little account without opportunity. Lucille Ball Love yourself first and everything falls into line. Lucille Ball Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. Lucille Ball If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it. The more things you do, the more you can do. Lucille Ball I would rather regret the things that I have done than the things that I have no t. Lucille Ball In life, all good things come hard, but wisdom is the hardest to come by. Lucille Ball It's a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy. Lucille Ball

Luck? I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it, and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else: Hard work -- and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't. Lucille Ball One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn't pay to get discoura ged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yo urself. Lucille Ball