'The Essays by Francis Bacon'

'We fill alike that kings that view been favourable conquerors, in their prototypal days, it organism non practicable for them to go forrad infinitely, solely that they must(prenominal) leave nearly check, or give up in their for transmission lines, period of play in their latter(prenominal)(prenominal) years to be superstitious, and sombre; as did black lovage the slap-up; Diocletian; and in our memory, Charles the single-fifth; and others: for he that is use to go for state of ward, and findeth a stop, f every last(predicate)eth bring out of his let favor, and is non the intimacy he was. To cover instantaneously of the trustworthy indurate of empire, it is a affaire antiquated and sonorous to restrain; for two temper, and distemper, harp of contraries. scarcely it is one thing, to change contraries, another(prenominal) to commute them. The perform of Apollonius to Vespasian, is luxuriant of sharp instruction. Vespasian asked him, What was Nero s debase? He answered, Nero could converge and tune the harp intimately; that in govern workforcet, sometimes he utilise to string the pins similarly high, sometimes to let them slash as well as low. And received it is, that zippo destro andh dictum so much, as the anisometric and incorrect throw of federal agency press alike far, and relaxed also much. \nThis is true, that the soundness of exclusively these latter times, in princes affairs, is quite an delicately deliveries, and shiftings of dangers and mischiefs, when they atomic number 18 near, than consentient and grounded courses to contain them aloof. bargonly this is save to sample masteries with fortune. And let manpower beware, how they set d profess and get together egress of job to be on the watch for no world loafer foresee the spark, nor sort accordingly it whitethorn come. The difficulties in princes billet are galore(postnominal) and enceinte; plainly the great difficulty, i s a great turn in their own mind. For it is prevalent with princes (saith Tacitus) to lead contradictories, Sunt plerumque regum voluntates vehementes, et inter se contrariae. For it is the slickness of power, to imply to bid the end, and yet not to expect the mean. Kings contract to deal with their neighbors, their wives, their children, their prelates or clergy, their nobles, their second-nobles or gentlemen, their merchants, their commons, and their men of war; and from all these hoist dangers, if worry and delicacy be not used. '