 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1856 - 562 pages
...ESSAY VIII. OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE. 1TE that hath wife and children hath given hostages to -tl fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly the hest works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1856 - 406 pages
...generally the precept is good, " Optimum elige, suave et facile illud faciet consuetudo." 2 — iTounger brothers 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 given hostages to fortune ; for they... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English literature - 1858 - 812 pages
...suave et facile illud faciet consuetudo : [choose the best — custom will make it pleasant and easy.] Younger brothers are commonly fortunate, but seldom...enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly a the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless... | |
 | Josiah Gregg - Indians of North America - 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...great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief." Men under such bonds are peculiarly unfitted for the chequered life of a Santa Fe trader. The domestic... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1858 - 790 pages
...suave et facile illud faciet consuetudo : [choose the best — custom will make it pleasant and easy.] Younger brothers are commonly fortunate, but seldom...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Philosophy - 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...enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly s the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless... | |
 | James Grant - Scotland - 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 days,... | |
 | James Grant - Scotland - 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 days,... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1859 - 616 pages
...it ; but generally the precept is good, " optimum elige, suave et facile illud faciet consuetudo." Younger brothers are commonly fortunate, but seldom...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,... | |
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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. 
