Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study, and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded In by experience.

Bacon, Of Studies, Essays

Innate abilities are like naturally occurring plants, which must be modified through learning; however, if learning itself is not constrained by practice, it will inevitably have mixed and unfocused directions. Purpose.

Bacon: "Essay·On Learning"

Seek not proud riches, but such as thou mayest get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contentedly.

Bacon, Of Riches, Essays

Don’t seek enviable wealth, but pursue the state of acquiring wealth properly, using it soberly, giving it happily and being contented. give up.

Bacon: "Essay·On Wealth"