is very rich He has a good command of Latin and Greek languages from which he has taken different phrases and words to make his essay affluent Abeunt studia in mores is a Latin phrase which means that studies are a part of one s character and habit or studies form a man's character Hence the readers should have some knowledge of Latin and Greek language to understand Francis Bacon Witty Thought Bacon is unparalleled because his thoughts are witty Almost all the sentences of his essays can be developed even as an essay or at least as a paragraph because of his outstanding witty thoughts Wives are young men's mistresses companions for middle age and old men's nurses From this single sentence of the essay Of Marriage and Single Life three essays can be produced So it is neat and clear that Bacon s essays became popular due to his witty prose style Misquotation Bacon has used quotations in his essays from the Bible history schoolmen of the Middle Latin or Greek literature and sometimes from his memory As a result it is very tough to identify whether he uses quotations or misquotations In his famous essay Of Studies one such misquotation has been taken from Latin Abeunt studia in mores However it has to be accepted that his misquotations are not counted because of his essays' practical values and uses Paradoxical Statements One of the most remarkable features of Bacon s prose style is paradoxical statements His statements on a topic mainly depend on compare and contrast or positive and negative sides In the essay Of Truth Bacon skillfully used the literary device 'Paradox' According to Bacon truth lacks the charm of variety that falsehood has Truth brings more joy when falsehood is added to it He believes lying is a temporary enjoyment source because it gives people strange joy So the essayist says paradoxically a mixture of a lie doth ever add pleasure We can cite another paradoxical statement from the essay Of Studies in which Bacon illustrated the benefits of studies in detail To spend too much time in studies is sloth The above quotation may seem that Bacon is against studies but it is very subtle and critical because he suggests the readers properly manage time in the short time range of human life Aphorism and Epigrammatic Terseness Aphorism means shortness of speech and epigrammatic terseness uses few words Reading maketh a full man conference a ready and writing an exact man This is a very short speech with few words but the idea is vast So aphorism and epigrammatic terseness have made Bacon an inimitable essayist We get another aphoristic speech in the essay Of Revenge where he shows a certain high morality by saying Revenge is a kind of wild justice A man takes revenge on the person by whom he is oppressed So if he takes revenge it will be justice But at the time when a man takes revenge he takes it more aggressively than when he is oppressed This is why Bacon calls revenge a kind of wild justice So he suggests that we should be aloof from taking revenge From the above discussion it can be asserted that Bacon is unique in his prose style because his subject matter is really helpless to get exposed without his prose style