 | Edward John Hardy - Marriage - 1886 - 332 pages
...and thinks of the effect of marriage and celibacy on a man in his public capacity. " He that hath his wife and children hath given hostages to Fortune,...virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works, and of the greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men, which, both... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Philosophy, English - 1890 - 826 pages
...easy.] Younger brothers are commonly fortunate, but seldom or never where the elder are cliAherited. VIII. OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE. HE that hath wife...enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly 2 the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless... | |
 | United States - 1888 - 766 pages
...and Self-denial for the Cause — Personal Appearance. " He that hath wife and children hath glTen hostages to fortune ; for they are Impediments to...unmarried or childless men ; which, both in affection aud means, have married and endowed ihe public." HIS bif of Baconian philosophy, as alike applicable... | |
 | Benjamin G. Lovejoy - Authors, English - 1888 - 306 pages
...consuetudo"*—Younger brothers are commonly fortunate, but seldom or never where the elder are disinherited, f OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE. He that hath wife and...to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Cerlainly_the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or... | |
 | Charles F. Steel - 1888 - 312 pages
...seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success. " He that hath wife and children hath given hostages...enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. " Certainly wife and children are a kind of discipline of humanity, and single men, though they be many times more... | |
 | Anna Lydia Ward - Citations anglaises - 1889 - 724 pages
...Parker : Miscellaneous Discourses. A Sermon of the Moral Dangers Incident to Prosperity. DISCIPLINE. He that hath wife and children hath given hostages...enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. . . . Certainly wife and children are a kind of discipline of humanity. 1180 Bacon : Essays. Of Marriage and Single... | |
 | Anna Lydia Ward - Citations anglaises - 1889 - 724 pages
...enjoyments of sense and reason, and, indeed, all the sweets of life. 3506 Addison : The Spectator. No. 261. He that hath wife and children hath given hostages...to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. 3507 Bacon : Essays. Of Marria9e and Sin9le Life. Well-married, a man is winged: ill-matched, he is... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1890 - 300 pages
...never where the elder are disinherited. VIII. — OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE. (1612; enlarged, 1625.) HE that hath wife and children hath given hostages...public have proceeded from the unmarried or childless 1 Choose what is best : habit will make it pleasant and easy. men, which both in affection and means... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1890 - 460 pages
...spread itself towards many, and maketh men become humane and charitable.' Essay 10, subfinem. So also, ' Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for...affection and means have married and endowed the public.' Essay 8. 1. 18. unequal and sometimes unworthy] Can Bacon have been thinking of his own case here ?... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1890 - 456 pages
...they, the best life : use and custom will make it pleasant enough unto thee.' Plutarch, Morals, p. 225. VIII. • OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE. ^ (HE that...great enterprises,/ either of virtue or mischief. YCertainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried... | |
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HE that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune ; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. 
