Bacon's Essays (1597, 1612, 1625) brought him great fame in world literature. These 58 essays are meditations and maxims containing much wisdom and nimbleness of wit. It is a practical book filled with recipes for living a good (moral) life and achieving success-a self-help book. The richness of the Essays lie in their relevancy, even in the 21st century. In Essay 34 - Of Riches, he says: "There's no real use for great riches, unless it is in the distribution." What appears on the surface to be a simple remark, it contains a profound truth: we can only become wealthy if we think of others. This was true during Bacon's times as well as our time; to wit: the legacies of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett. Concerning income inequality he wrote: "The matter of seditions is of two kinds: much poverty, and much discontentment," adding "And if this poverty and broken estate in the better sort, is joined with a want and necessity in the middle class, the danger is imminent and great. For the rebellions of the belly are the worst." Bacon saw the great concentration of wealth in a few individuals as a danger to the nation: "Above all things, good policy is to be used, that the treasure and moneys, in a nation, be not gathered into few hands. For otherwise a state may have a great stock, and yet starve. And money is like muck, not good except it be spread." The accumulation of 95% of the wealth of the United States to the top 1% of individuals is causing the starvation of 45 million Americans.