Bacon's Essays 28 (Expense)

Bacon's Essays 28 (Expense)

Bonus: 

Money, Money, Money

Summary: Be responsible with your money, but it is for spending.

Commentary: Still good advice today. Even his percentages (50% or less on necessities) are about right.

Bacon's Essays 30 (Regiment of Health)

 Bacon's Essays 30 (Regiment of Health)

Bonus:  

Fake VHS!

Summary: Listen to your body and take care of yourself. 

a man's own observation, what he finds good of, and what he finds hurt of, is the best physic to preserve health.

 a man's own observation, what he finds good of, and what he finds hurt of, is the best physic to preserve health

As for the passions, and studies of the mind; avoid envy, anxious fears; anger fretting inwards; subtle and knotty inquisitions; joys and exhilarations in excess; sadness not communicated

No freaking out about stuff that doesn't matter (but also don't be super manic).

 

 

 

   

Bacon's Essays 27 (Friendship)

Bacon's Essays 27 (Friendship)

Bonus: 

And through it all together we're friends.

Summary: Friends are important.

Commentary: I read this one already! (I read several already, I just specifically recall this one.)  

After these two noble fruits of friendship (peace in the affections, and support of the judgment), followeth the last fruit; which is like the pomegranate, full of many kernels 

This is some straight up Bullwinkle and Friends writing. 

Bacon Essays 26 (Seeming Wise)

Bacon Essays 26 (Seeming Wise)

Bonus: 

No cruelty for Spock.

Summary: Better to be kind of silly than overly formal. People are overly formal to disguise cluelessness.

Commentary:  This one was hard to read.

 

Bacon Essays 25 (Dispatch)

 Bacon Essays 25 (Dispatch)

Bonus: 

I saw charcuterie in the blender and laughed, but this is probably good.

Summary: Be speedy when you need to be, but don't rush around and mess stuff up. Use your time intentionally and wisely.

Commentary: 

 It is like that, which the physicians call predigestion, or hasty digestion; which is sure to fill the body full of crudities, 

Prestidigitate the crudites.

Stay a little, that we may make an end the sooner.

I think I like this better than "haste makes waste".

 

Bacon Essays 24 (Innovations)

Bacon Essays 24 (Innovations)

Bonus:

I don't know if I like EPCOT, but I at least hate it less than the rest of Disney.

Summary: The first versions of something aren't perfect, but they are impressive.

Commentary: I hate first mover advantage. Damn you, League of Legends!

Bacon Essays 23 (Wisdom For A Man's Self)

 Bacon Essays 23 (Wisdom For A Man's Self)

Bonus: 

I picked this solely based on the description.

Summary: Don't just do things for yourself.

Commentary: I don't even necessarily disagree with this one, but about a quarter of it is:

 It is a poor centre of a man's actions, himself. It is right earth. For that only stands fast upon his own centre; whereas all things, that have affinity with the heavens, move upon the centre of another, which they benefit.

and 

Wisdom for a man's self is, in many branches thereof, a depraved thing. It is the wisdom of rats, that will be sure to leave a house, somewhat before it fall. It is the wisdom of the fox, that thrusts out the badger, who digged and made room for him. It is the wisdom of crocodiles, that shed tears when they would devour.  

Feels like he should actually argue his point a bit more.