 | Philip Stewart Robinson - 1881 - 314 páginas
...families — the 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 to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief." And again, " Charity will hardly water the ground where it must first... | |
 | 1881 - 578 páginas
...fortunate, but seldom or never where the elder are disinherited. OP MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE. He that hath e th either of virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded... | |
 | 1914 - 652 páginas
...learned gentlemen of the old school. "Marriage and hanging go by destiny," says one; "He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune, for they are impediments to great enterprises either of virtue or mischief," writes another; while others exclaim with fervent feeling, "Marriage... | |
 | James Copner - 1882 - 208 páginas
...the first. MAERIAGE is sometimes spoken of as a bar to success. Thus Lord Bacon says in his Essays, " He that hath a wife and children hath given hostages...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... | |
 | Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, Anna Lydia Ward - 1882 - 926 páginas
...б. NAPOLEON. A pale martyr in his shirt of flre. c. ALEX. SMITH — A Life Drama. St. 2. MATRIMONY. He that hath a wife and children hath given hostages...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1882 - 570 páginas
...seldom or never where 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... | |
 | Philip Stewart Robinson - 1882 - 480 páginas
...without families — 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 to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief." And again, "Charity will hardly water the ground where it must first... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882 - 558 páginas
...possibly mend his own 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 virtue or mischief.' And, — 'Grave natures, led by custom, and therefore constant, are... | |
 | Benjamin G. Lovejoy - 1883 - 304 páginas
...fortunate, but seldom or never where the elder are disinherited, f 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... | |
 | Catherine Drinker Bowen - 1993 - 294 páginas
...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 impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Unmarried men are best friends, best masters and best servants. Wives... | |
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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... 
