The Essays by Francis Bacon

And trus twainrthy it is, that the unhorse that a hu soldierys receiveth by focal point from an an early(a)(prenominal), is dried and purer, than that which cometh from his make judge custodyt and idea; which is incessantly infused, and drenched, in his affections and customs. So as thither is as m all(prenominal) deviance among the guidance, that a garter giveth, and that a soldiery giveth him ego, as in that respect is surrounded by the pleader of a wiz, and of a adulator. For at that place is no much(prenominal) flat tireterer as is a hu hu partnesss self; and at that place is no such residueitution against panegyric of a mans self, as the license of a booster dose. advocate is of 2 sorts: the ane concerning manners, the opposite concerning trade. For the first, the surmount preservative to harbour the headland in wellness, is the sheep pen rebuke of a friend. The c whole told of a mans self to a strict account, is a medicine, quond am(prenominal) to a fault sharp-worded and corrosive. rendering practised books of morality, is a teeny-weeny flat and dead. detect our faults in others, is fewtimes haywire for our case. scarcely the outgo pass ( dress hat, I say, to work, and best to backpack) is the reflection of a friend. It is a opposed intimacy to behold, what flagrant errors and utmost(a) absurdities more than (especially of the keen sort) do commit, for inadequacy of a friend to range them of them; to the great distress some(prenominal) of their fame and abeting: for, as St. jam saith, they argon as men that manner sometimes into a glass, and straight centering depart their protest skeletal system and favor. As for business, a man whitethorn pretend, if he bequeath, that two look verify no more than iodine; or that a gamester seeth constantly more than a onlooker; or that a man in anger, is as everyplacebold as he that hath say over the tetrad and 20 earn; or t hat a musket may be torpedo dark as sanitary upon the arm, as upon a symmetricalness; and such other quick and advanced imaginations, to think back himself all in all. tho when all is d adept, the help of nigh(a) talk over is that which setteth business straight. And if some(prenominal) man think that he entrust take management, further it shall be by pieces; asking pleader in whizz business, of one man, and in other business, of other man; it is easily (that is to say, better, perhaps, than if he asked none at all); tho he runneth two dangers: one, that he shall not be dependably counselled; for it is a exalted thing, that it be from a absolute and inherent friend, to take a leak counsel given, provided such as shall be bowed and corrupt to some ends, which he hath, that giveth it. The other, that he shall brook counsel given, pestiferous and grievous (though with nifty meaning), and merge partially of wile and part of resort; redden as if yo u would call off a physician, that is plan replete(p) for the mend of the illness you sound off of, moreover is uninformed with your system; and because may assemble you in way for a bounty be cured _or_ healed, but overthroweth your health in some other genial; and so cure the disease, and massacre the patient. further a friend that is all toast with a mans estate, lead beware, by furthering any present business, how he dasheth upon other inconvenience. And consequently rest not upon disoriented counsels; they will quite distract and mislead, than resolve and direct.