He that hath wife and children hath given hostages — Francis Bacon

He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief.

Essays (1625) ‘Of Marriage and the Single Life’; see Lucan 220:9

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