Francis Bacon

Wives are young men’s mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men’s nurses.

Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.

A little philosophy inclineth man’s mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men’s minds about to religion.

By indignities men come to dignities.

Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men.