When Lord Essex comes to power, he will act more soberly. Great men are like the heavenly bodies; they move violently to their places, and calmly in their places.
Shakespeare:
True, true! His violence is all of quick feeling: at heart he is most generous-kind.
Bacon:
You do not overpraise him; yet on troubled sea, small sails of will and temper are the safest.
Shakespeare:
Lord Essex is too great to think of safety; he dreams of noble deeds, and does them.
Bacon:
[After pausing.] Your praise does you credit; it shall be reported to the Earl. But I came to greet Jonson, and hear his new song: I must soon be on my way.
Selden: