...at first ; and that, which doubleth all errors, will not acknowledge or retract them, like an unruly horse, that will neither stop nor turn. Men of age...but content themselves with a mediocrity of success. Certainly it is good to compound employments of both ; for that will be good for the present, because...

...at first; and that, which doubleth all errors, will not acknowledge or retract them, like an unruly horse, that will neither stop nor turn. Men of age...but content themselves with a mediocrity of success. Certainly it is good to compound employments of both; for that will be good for the present, because...

...on Youth and Age, what can be truer, what can be more novel or more eloquent, than this sentence ? " Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure...content themselves with a mediocrity of success." What he says of Beauty is less considerate. BARROW. I do not wonder at it: Beauty is not stript in...

...thy graces Hume both in word and deed. Id. Tempest. Men of age object too much, adventure too little, and seldom drive business home to the full period...but content themselves with a mediocrity of success. Bacon. Let the exportation of home commodities be more in value than the importation of foreign. Id....

...should be dra\rn unto it only for a time, and afterwards return to a mediocrity ? Hooker. Men of age seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of .success. Bacon. ТЬсте appeared a sudden and marvellous conversion in the duke's case, from the most exalted...

...grace* Home both in word and deed. /if. Temptxt, Men of age object too much, adventure too little, and seldom drive business home to the full period; but content themselves with a mediocrity of succew. jfasm Let the exportation of home commodities be more in value than the importation of foreign....

...aged men amount but to this, that more might have been done, or sooner. Young men, in the conduct aud manage of actions, embrace more than they can hold...but content themselves with a mediocrity of success. Certainly it is good to compound employments of both ; for that will be good for the present, because...

...and others. On the other side, heat and vivacity in age. is an excellent composition for business. Young men are fitter to invent than to judge, fitter...but content themselves with a mediocrity of success. Certainly, it is good to compound employments of both ; for that will be good for the present ; because...

...Foix, and others. On the other side, heat and vivacity in age is an excellent composition for business. & minimis 'suspendens, Certainly it is good to compound employments of both ; for that will be good for the present, because...

...was full of errors, and even of madness," and yet he was the ablest emperor, almost of all the list. The errors of young men are the ruin of business;...but content themselves with a mediocrity of success. VAIN GLORY. (Lord Bacon's Essays. Vain Glory.) It was prettily devised of ./Esop, the fly sat upon...