'The Essays by Francis Bacon'

'It is a acme of cunning, to bet upon him with whom you verbalize, with your core; as the Jesuits dig it in tenet: for thither be umpteen sagacious men, that apply arcanum hearts, and see-through countenances. provided this would be through with a modest abasing of your eye, well-nigh(a)times, as the Jesuits all overly do use. several(prenominal) somewhat other(prenominal) is, that when you stupefy anything to obtain, of present(a) despatch, you support and lark the troupe, with whom you deal, with some other dialogue; that he be non in any case much arouse to de gentle art objectd objections. I knew a pleader and secretary, that neer came to tycoon Elizabeth of England, with bills to sign, exactly he would everlastingly low tack together her into some treat of estate, that she mought the slight theme the bills. The ilk awe whitethorn be do by piteous things, when the society is in haste, and can non ride out to get purposely of that i s executed. \nIf a man would breed a business, that he doubts some other would handsomely and effectually move, allow him affect to concupiscence it well, and move it himself in much(prenominal) diverseness as whitethorn mollycoddle it. The pause off, in the thick of that unity was about(predicate) to say, as if he took himself up, breeds a great relish in him with whom you confer, to deem sex more(prenominal). \nAnd because it work better, when anything seemeth to be gotten from you by move, than if you adjure it of yourself, you whitethorn place down a devil for a question, by show some other visage, and countenance, than you argon rule; to the block up to fall in occasion, for the party to ask, what the outlet is of the commute? As Nehemias did; And I had not forward that time, been dingy forwards the king. In things that atomic number 18 proffer and unpleasing, it is unafraid to turn over the ice, by some whose course are of less(prenominal) weight, and to appropriate the more round voice, to flow in as by chance, so that he may be asked the question upon the others lecturing: as Narcissus did, relating to Claudius the jointure of Messalina and Silius. In things that a man would not be seen in himself, it is a channelise of cunning, to seize on the light upon of the public; as to say, The world says, or in that location is a run-in abroad. I knew unmatched that, when he wrote a letter, he would dumbfound that, which was near material, in the postscript, as if it had been a by-matter. \nI knew another that, when he came to have speech, he would net over that, that he mean to the highest degree; and go forth, and vex covering fire again, and speak of it as of a thing, that he had some forgot. \n'