 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1859 - 616 pages
...insomuch that we see a nephew sometimes resembleth an uncle, or a kinsman, more than his own parents, as the blood happens. Let parents choose betimes the...disinherited. VIII. OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE.* HE lhat hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortnne ; for they are impediments to groat enterprises,... | |
 | Bridget Storey (fict. name.) - 1859 - 306 pages
...expose my humiliation to the world. Good-bye.' VOL. I. 130 CHAPTER X. ' OUR MARGARET.' He that hath a wife and children, hath given hostages to fortune, for they are impediments to great enterprises. — BACON. QIR HECTOR strode briskly back to the Hall ; the *J Vicar walked rather slowly to the Vicarage,... | |
 | James McGrigor Allan - 1860 - 144 pages
...meets with comprehension and sympathy from the world. " He that hath wife and children," says Bacon, " hath given hostages to fortune, for they are impediments...virtue or mischief. Certainly, the best works and of the greatest merit for the public have proceeded from the unmarried or childless man," Talk as we may... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1860 - 480 pages
...suave et facile illud faeiet consuetudo : [choose the best — custom will make it pleasant and easy.] Younger brothers are commonly fortunate, but seldom or never where the elder are disinherited. VIII. Or MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE. HE that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune ; for they... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1861 - 408 pages
...but generally the precept is good, " Optimum elige, suave et facile illud faciet consuetude." 2 — Younger brothers are commonly fortunate, but seldom...hostages to fortune ; for they are impediments to great 1 There is considerable justice in this remark. Children should be taught to do what is right for its... | |
 | James McGrigor Allan - 1862 - 300 pages
...by marriage or celibacy ? Bacon has decided in favor of the latter. He says, " He that hath wife or children hath given hostages to fortune, for they...virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works, and of the greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless man." WS Landor thus... | |
 | John Cooper Grocott - 1863 - 562 pages
...SHARSPERE. — Merry Wives of Windsor, Act II. Scene 1. (Shallow to Host.) HOSTA GES.—He that hath a wife and children hath given hostages to fortune ;...to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. LORD BACON. — Essay VIII., Of Marriage and Single Life. He that hath a wife and children, wants not... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1864 - 468 pages
...suave et facile illud faciet consuetudo : [choose the best — custom will make it pleasant and easy.] Younger brothers are commonly fortunate, but seldom...to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly1 the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1864 - 638 pages
...it ; but generally the precept is good, ' Optimum elige, suave et facile illud faciet consuetude.' 2 Younger brothers are commonly fortunate, but seldom or never where the elder are disinherited. " ANNOTATIONS. 'Let parents choose betimes the vocations and courses they mean their children should... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1865 - 504 pages
...— BEAUMONT and FLETCHER. A King and no King. Act v. Sc. 4. FRANCIS BACON. 1561-1626. He that hath a wife and children hath given hostages to fortune,...to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Essag viii. Of Marriage and Single Life. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some... | |
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... of their children, as thinking they will take best to that which they have most mind to. It is true, that if the affection, or aptness, of the children be extraordinary, then it is good not to cross it; but generally the precept is good. Optimum elige,... 
