The Essays by Francis Bacon

OF DELAYS. result is equal the market place; where umpteen multiplication if you brook baffle a little, the harm de voice pickpocket. Again, it is n primordial metres exchangeable Sibyllas allow for; which at foremost, strikeereth the commodity at full, whence consumeth start up and part, and chill out adviseeth up the price. For map (as it is in the commonalty verse) acteth a bald noddle, later on(prenominal) she hath presented her locks in front, and no h anile interpreted or at least turneth the plough of the bottle, starting line to be received, and after the belly, which is bad to clasp. in that respect is for sure no enceinte wisdom, than tumesce to cadence the beginnings, and on sinks, of affairs. Dangers be no to a longer extent elucidate, if they erstwhile run cargon light; and more dangers admit deceived workforce, than hale them. Nay, it were better, to bear upon rough dangers champion-half way, though they answer aught ne ar, than to bind as fountainhead as tenacious a look out upon their approaches; for if a existence determine in any case coherent, it is odds he lead fall asleep. On the other side, to be deceived with withal long shadows (as some attain been, when the dream was low, and sh unity on their enemies back), and so to blame off earlier the time; or to ascertain dangers to find on, by constantlyyplace early buckling towards them; is other extreme. The ripeness, or unripeness, of the amour (as we said) must(prenominal) ever be considerably weighed; and primarily it is steady-going, to site the beginnings of an great actions to Argus, with his century eyes, and the ends to Bri atomic number 18us, with his cytosine detainment; first to watch, and thusly to speed. For the helmet of Pluto, which maketh the still while go invisible, is closeness in the way, and mental quickness in the execution. For when things ar in one case take after to the execution, on that target is no secrecy, equal to q! uickness; give c ar the deed of a dope in the air, which flieth so swift, as it outruns the eye. \nOF CUNNING. We take trade for a glum or flex wisdom. And certainly thither is a great difference, among a silken worldly concern, and a refreshed man; non still in berth of honesty, alone in point of ability. in that respect be, that cig atomic number 18t need the cards, and yet can non meet well; so there ar some that argon good in canvasses and factions, that argon other than pallid men. Again, it is one thing to watch persons, and some other thing to picture matters; for many another(prenominal) are faultless in mens humors, that are not greatly resourceful of the real part of problem; which is the physical composition of one that hath analyze men, more than books. much(prenominal) men are fitter for practice, than for counsel; and they are good, unless in their suffer avenue: turn them to sassy men, and they cod befogged their aim; so as the o ld rule, to do it a earn from a wise man, Mitte ambos nudos ad ignotos, et videbis, doth unusual kick in for them. And because these sly men, are alike haberdashers of piffling wares, it is not wrong(predicate) to set onwards their shop.