 | Philip Stewart Robinson - 1881 - 314 pages
...discipline of humanity — make always the R best public servants. " He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune ; for they are impediments...great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief." And again, " Charity will hardly water the ground where it must first fill a pool." The dog, therefore,... | |
 | 1881 - 578 pages
...never where the elder are disinherited. OP MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE. He that hath wife and children, me or sor@ W/ Certainly the best works and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or... | |
 | 1882 - 1434 pages
...shirt of fire. c. ALEX. SMITH — A Life Drama. St. 2. MATRIMONY, He that hath a wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments...to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. d. BACON— Essays. Of Marriage and Single Life. My fond affection thou hast seen, Then judge of my... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1882 - 570 pages
...the elder are disinherited. v VIII.— OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE. 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... | |
 | Philip Stewart Robinson - 1882 - 480 pages
...the discipline of humanity— make always the best public servants. " He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune ; for they are impediments...great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief." And again, "Charity will hardly water the ground where it must first fill a pool." The dog, therefore,... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882 - 558 pages
...case, will do what he can to impair another's.' Of marriage, — •He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments...great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief.' And, — 'Grave natures, led by custom, and therefore constant, are commonly loving husbands.' Again,—... | |
 | James Copner - 1882 - 208 pages
...spoken of as a bar to success. Thus Lord Bacon says in his Essays, " He that hath a 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 to the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or... | |
 | Maturin Murray Ballou - 1882 - 448 pages
...triumph of art, but it is a good action. — Thackeray. He that hath wife and children hath given hostage to fortune ; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly wife and children are a kind of discipline of humanity. — Bacon. 288 O woman ! thou wert... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882 - 538 pages
...case, will do what he can to impair another's.' Of marriage, — •He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are Impediments to great enterprises, either of 1irtue or mischtef.' And, — 'Grave natures, led by custom, and therefore constant, are commonly loving... | |
 | Catherine Drinker Bowen - 1993 - 294 pages
...who, if they cannot but admit love, yet make it keep quarter." "He that hath wife and children," wrote Bacon, "hath given hostages to fortune; for they are...to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Unmarried men are best friends, best masters and best servants. Wives are young men's mistresses, companions... | |
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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. Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless... 
