 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 American Whig Review - Page 331848Full view - About this book
 | Josiah Gregg - 1845 - 342 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... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1845 - 404 pages
...and a coward towards men." For a lie faces God, and shrinks from man. Of Marriage and Single Life. He that hath wife and children, hath given hostages to fortune, for they are impedimenis to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works, and of greatest... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 730 pages
...entitled ' Of Marriage and Single Life,' also one of those first given in the collection of 1612 : — He that hath wife and children hath given hostages...virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men, which both in affection... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 732 pages
...entitled ' Of Marriage and Single Life,' also one of those first given in the collection of 1612:— He that hath wife and children hath given hostages...enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly the hest works, and of greatest merit for the puhlic, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men,... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 226 pages
...those first given in the collection of 1612 : — v He that hath wife and children hath given hostagei .to fortune, for they are impediments to great enterprises,...virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men, which both in affection... | |
 | William Hewett - 1849 - 124 pages
...Bacon, who says, " Certainly the best works and of greatest merit have proceeded from the unmarried men, which both in affection and means have married and endowed the public." Amongst the original papers once belonging to the Rustat family, is an interesting catalogue, written... | |
 | John Locke - 1849 - 372 pages
...best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men ; which, both in affection and means, have married, and endowed the public. Yet it were great reason that those that have children should have greatest care of future times, unto... | |
 | Thomas Cooper - 1850 - 504 pages
...bitter; they increase the cares of life, but they mitigate the remembrance of death. THE SAME. — He that hath wife and children, hath given hostages...virtue or mischief. Certainly, the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from (the unmarried or childless men ; which both in... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 pages
...fortunate, but seldom or never where the elder are disinherited. VIII. OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE. He that hath wife and children, hath given hostages...virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men ; which, both in... | |
 | Thomas Cooper - 1850 - 492 pages
...bitter; they increase the cares of life, but they mitigate the remembrance of death. THE SAME. — He that hath wife and children, hath given hostages...virtue or mischief. Certainly, the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from |the "unmarried or childless men ; /which both in... | |
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