...expenses of a family are also hindrances to devotion and to charity. It is observed by Lord Bacon that " the best works and of greatest merit for the public,...affection and means, have married and endowed the public." He adds, with reference to the clergy, that " a single life doth well with churchmen ; for charity...

...Younger brothers are commonly fortunate, but seldom or never where the elder are disinherited. VIII. Or MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE. HE that hath wife and children...to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly1 the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried...

...meets with comprehension and sympathy from the world. " He that hath wife and children," says Bacon, " hath given hostages to fortune, for they are impediments...virtue or mischief. Certainly, the best works and of the greatest merit for the public have proceeded from the unmarried or childless man," Talk as we may...

...their whole time and energy to a favorite pursuit. Sir Francis Bacon says, with much truth : " A man that hath wife and children hath given hostages to...affection and means, have married and endowed the public." The Apostles were unmarried, evidently because they were set apart for a great work. And, since their...

...by marriage or celibacy ? Bacon has decided in favor of the latter. He says, " He that hath wife or children hath given hostages to fortune, for they...virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works, and of the greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless man." WS Landor thus...

...matrimony would have modified for the worse his capacity for composition. " Certainly," says Lord Bacon, " the best works and of greatest merit for the public...affection and means, have married and endowed the publie." No man, we conccive, is there to whom the aphorism of the Vcrulamian sage is more applicable...

...suave et facile illud faciet consuetudo : [choose the best — custom will make it pleasant and easy.] Younger brothers are commonly fortunate, but seldom...to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly1 the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried...

...unconcern* d in things to come ! If here uneasy ; finds at Home, At Paris, or Madrid, his home. DENIIAM. He that hath wife and children hath given hostages...to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. * * * The most ordinary cause of a single life is liberty, especially in certain self-pleasing and...

...mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. Essay xvi. Atheism. He that hath wife and children hath given hostages...to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Essay viii. Of Marriage and Single Life. Princes are like to heavenly bodies, which cause good or evil...

...good not to cross it ; but generally the precept is good, optimum elige, suave et facile illudfaciet consuetude.* Younger brothers are commonly fortunate...unmarried or childless men ; which, both in affection and 1 Sorteth] Conduces. * So] Provided. See p. 5, note I. 3 Apply themselves, &c.] Accommodate themselves...