 He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune ; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless...  The Essays - Page 19by Francis Bacon - 1908 - 302 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon - 1854 - 894 pages
...consuetudo." Younger brothers are commonly fortunate, but seldom or never where the elder are disinherited. n of trut8 ! virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from... | |
 | World - 1856 - 70 pages
...than ordinary risk, as I have very many dependent on me. In one of Lord Bacon's Essays he says : — ' He that hath wife and children hath given hostages...they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief.' Now as my hostages are much heavier and by no means limited to these, I fear that... | |
 | 1856 - 628 pages
...than ordinary risk as I have very many dependent on me. In one of Lord Bacon's Essays he says : — " He that hath wife and children hath given hostages...they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief." Now as my hostages are much heavier and by no means limited to these, I fear that... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1856 - 406 pages
...are commonly fortunate, but seldom or never where the elder are disinherited. VIII.— OF MAERIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE. HE that hath wife and children hath...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... | |
 | Josiah Gregg - 1857 - 662 pages
...fever,' and anxious to return to his family. " He that hath wife and children,'' says Lord Bacon, " hath given hostages to fortune ; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief." Men under such bonds are peculiarly unfitted for the chequered life of a Santa... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1858 - 790 pages
...easy.] Younger brothers are commonly fortunate, but seldom or never where the elder are disinherited. VIII. OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE. HE that hath wife...they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly 2 the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1858 - 792 pages
...brothers are commonly fortunate, but seldom or never where the elder are disinherited. VIIl. OF MAERIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE. HE that hath wife and children hath...they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly s the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded... | |
 | James Grant - 1858 - 426 pages
...for sale. CHAPTER IV. LADY MAGDALENE'S DEATH. " HE that hath a wife and children," says Lord Bacon, " hath given hostages to fortune ; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or of mischief :" but the future life of Montrose proved the fallacy of this aphorism. In those... | |
 | James Grant - 1853 - 424 pages
...for sale. CHAPTER IV. LADY MAGDALENE'S DEATH. " HE that hath a wife and children," says Lord Bacon, " hath given hostages to fortune ; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or of mischief :" but the future life of Montrose proved the fallacy of this aphorism. In those... | |
 | 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,... | |
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