This book is a collection of 250 fundamental quotes and aphorisms of Francis Bacon:"God's first creature was light.""It is impossible to love and to be wise.""A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.""A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.""Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.""Boldness is a child of ignorance.""Opportunity makes a thief.""Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New."