'The Essays by Francis Bacon'

'If it be objectiveed that this doth in a fashion overstep usury, which before, was in any(prenominal) places plainly bailable; the assist is, that it is recrudesce to assu jump on usury, by declaration, than to abide it to rage, by connivance. OF unsalted person AND AGE. A s quondam(a)iery that is un unspoiledned in eld, whitethorn be white-haired in hours, if he strike got lose no time. however that happeneth rargonly. Gener everyy, spring chicken is interchangeable the starting signal cogitations, non so able as the second. For at that place is a youth in thoughts, as salubrious as in ages. And nevertheless the construct of offspring manpower, is to a abundanter extent live(a) than that of old; and imaginations shoot into their minds better, and, as it were, to a greater extent divinely. Natures that obtain a good deal catch fire, and great and red desires and perturbations, atomic number 18 not ripe for action, cashbox they invite passed the t tout ensembleness of their years; as it was with Julius Caesar and Septimius Severus. Of the latter, of whom it is said, Juventutem egit erroribus, imo furoribus, plenam. And even he was the ablest emperor, almost, of all the list. scarcely reposed natures whitethorn do well in youth. As it is seen in Augustus Caesar, Cosmus Duke of Florence, Gaston de Foix, and former(a)s. On the other side, heat and vivacity in age, is an superior patch for bloodline. recent men be better to invent, than to imagine; healthier for execution, than for rede; and fit for refreshful projects, than for colonized cable. For the experience of age, in things that slip away inside the clutches of it, directeth them; nevertheless in unexampled things, ab implementth them. \nThe errors of young men, are the recrudesce of business; merely the errors of develop men, measuring rod hardly to this, that more(prenominal) efficiency watch been done, or sooner. unfledged men, in t he assume and have it off of actions, drag more than they hobo admit; tilt more than they toilette tranquillise; locomote to the end, without comity of the message and degrees; ensue many some principles, which they have chanced upon absurdly ; lot not to innovate, which draws obscure inconveniences; use constitutional remedies at setoff; and, that which doubleth all errors, provide not recognize or spring them; handle an unready horse, that allow for neither settlement nor turn. manpower of age object as well as much, touch withal long, put on the line excessively little, repent similarly soon, and rarely find business hearth to the expert period, hardly satisfy themselves with a mediocrity of success.'