Francis Bacon is the Father of English Essay and Father of Modern Prose. • His famous quotations: - Revenge is a kind of wild justice. - Wonder is the seed of knowledge. - Opportunity makes a thief. - It is impossible to love and be wise. - History makes man wise. - Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom. - Studies serve for delight, for ornament and for ability. - Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested of studies. - Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, written an exact man. - The secret of success is the constancy of purpose. - Unmarried men are best friends, best Masters, best servants but not always best subjects. - Old wood best to burns, old wine to drink, old friends to trust and old author to read.