This essay is an excellent example of Bacon’s tendency to dilute high ideals with expediency and a utilitarian approach to life. When Bacon’s says that a man, who pardons his enemies, reveals a noble heart, he certainly aims at a high ideal. But he dilutes this high ideal by justifying a revenge that is taken for wrong for which there is no legal remedy. He shows his worldly wisdom when he cautions a man wishing to take revenge by saying that the revenge should be such as there is no law to punish. In other words, Bacon’s would not mind a man’s taking revenge for those wrongs which there is no law to remedy ; but he would suggest a revenge which law cannot. Take cognizance of. This is, indeed, strange morality. In the same way, Bacon does not feel angry with a man who loves himself better than other. Nor does not feel annoyed with a man who does a wrong merely out of ill nature. He compares such a man to a thorn or briar. The comparison of a spiteful man with a thorn or briar suggests that no efforts need be made to mend or improve such men. This means that a wrong must be accepted from a person who is by nature wicked.