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Francis Bacon Quotes about Virtue

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Virtue is like precious odours,-most fragrant when they are incensed or crushed.

Virtue is like precious odours,-most fragrant when they are incensed or crushed.

Francis Bacon
Virtue, Crushed
Francis Bacon (1765). “The works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord High Chancellor of England, in five volumes”, p.516

Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.

Francis Bacon
Stones, Rich, Virtue
'Essays' (1625) 'Of Beauty'

Consistency is the foundation of virtue.

Francis Bacon
Consistency, Foundation, Virtue

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

Francis Bacon
Children, Wife, Virtue
Essays "Of Marriage and the Single Life" (1625) See Lucan 3

Praise is the reflection of virtue.

Francis Bacon
Reflection, Praise, Virtue
Francis Bacon, David Mallet (1740). “The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, Lord High Chancellor of England ...: With Several Additional Pieces, Never Before Printed in Any Edition of His Works. To which is Prefixed, a New Life of the Author”, p.374

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