Ocupation: Former Lord Chancellor
Life: January 22, 1561 - April 9, 1626
Birthday: January 22
Death: April 9
The way of fortune is like the milky way in the sky; which is a meeting, or knot, of a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but giving light together : so are there a number of little and scarce discerned virtues, or rather faculties and customs, that make men fortunate.
source: "Essays; or, Counsels civil and moral, and the two books Of the proficience and advancement of learning".
topic: Stars, Men, Light, Giving Light