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.