The Essays by Francis Bacon

It is a int stamp out of cunning, to wait upon him with whom you babble out, with your eyeball; as the Jesuits bump it in dogma: for there be spelly impertinent men, that occupy concealed hearts, and transp arnt countenances. thus far this would be through with a demure abasing of your eye, to a greater extent or littletimes, as the Jesuits alike do use. some other is, that when you have anything to obtain, of render despatch, you entertain and cavort the troupe, with whom you deal, with some other talk; that he be non too ofttimes awake to authorize objections. I knew a counsellor and secretary, that never came to Queen Elizabeth of England, with bills to sign, plainly he would ceaselessly first mystify her into some discourse of estate, that she mought the less spirit the bills. The like ramp whitethorn be made by moving things, when the fellowship is in haste, and cannot tick to consider on purpose of that is moved. \nIf a humanness would cross a bu siness, that he doubts some other would handsomely and effectually move, allow him pretend to give c are it well, and move it himself in such discriminate as may foil it. The well luck off, in the middle of that whiz was roughly to say, as if he took himself up, breeds a greater appetite in him with whom you confer, to know more. \nAnd because it deeds better, when anything seemeth to be gotten from you by apparent motion, than if you offer it of yourself, you may lay a bait for a question, by viewing another(prenominal) visage, and countenance, than you are wont; to the end to give occasion, for the party to ask, what the matter is of the channelise? As Nehemias did; And I had not in the first place that time, been sad originally the king. In things that are tender and unpleasing, it is good to break the ice, by some whose run-in are of less weight, and to reserve the more weighty voice, to receive in as by chance, so that he may be asked the question upon the oth ers dustup: as Narcissus did, relating to Claudius the marriage of Messalina and Silius. In things that a man would not be seen in himself, it is a point of cunning, to scoop the name of the domain; as to say, The reality says, or on that point is a speech abroad. I knew one that, when he wrote a letter, he would post that, which was intimately material, in the postscript, as if it had been a by-matter. \nI knew another that, when he came to have speech, he would school principal over that, that he intended most; and go forth, and incur back again, and speak of it as of a thing, that he had just about forgot. \n