Francis Bacon Quotes

He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief.Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men, which both in affection and means have married and endowed the public.
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