“Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes.”

— Francis Bacon, Essays, "Of Adversity"

About Francis Bacon

1561 – 1626

English philosopher and statesman, author of the "Essays" and "Novum Organum".

“Nothing is terrible except fear itself.”

“Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.”

“Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience.”

“The plant grows in the mist and under clouds as truly as under sunshine; so does the heavenly principle within.”

Attribution note: Source disputed or unverified.

“You cannot let one bad day become your whole story.”

“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”

“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”

“In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.”

Attribution note: Source disputed or unverified.

“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.”