1298.\YMPATHYJU), bro 3 qavır 1831 1 One Bear will not bite another*bus eoq at wi 1299. REVENGE dissembles, on seotumot bal. Hope of Revenge oft hides our present woes 91300, OATHS criminal are toidut # nam A It is the purpose that makes strong the Vowar Vows to a guilty purpose must not hold..0091 → 1301. HONOR 1 w legitzsodes abre oT Our Honor keeps the weather† of our Fate A 1302. CONFIDENCE.

There is a Credence in the Heart, An Esperance so obstinately strong,ava 9091 That doth invert the attest of eyes and ears. 10)

1303. EXCELLENCE true from HEAVEN. { Jewels may be purchased or given,

But all by which we' excel is gift of Heaven. 1304. RELIANCE ill-founded.

What shalt thou expect

To be depender on a thing that leans ? eff 1305. CONTENT. We volle !

Blessed be those,

How mean soe'er, that have their honest wills,
Which seasons Comfort:00 10 [and just as visual.
1306. DISCERNMENT moral should be as quick
Hath Nature given us eyes
To see this vaulted arch, and the rich crop
Of sea and land: Which can distinguish 'twixt
The fiery Orbs above, and the twin'd stones!
Upon the humbled beach? And can we not

Inter se, nunquam placidis, bene contenit Ursis." JUV. +Weathery or Weather-gage; a sea-term. Our Honor is Master of Our Fate.

Partition make with spectacles so precious.” "Twixt fair and foul?

1307. APPREHENSION worse than CERTAINTY. Doubting that things go ill often hurts more Than to be sure they do: For certainties Either are* past remedy, or timely knowing The remedy then born."

1308. SLEEP.

Sleep is the ape of Death.

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1309. SUCCESS gives CONFIDENCE.COM Winning will put any man into courage.

1310. BRITAIN.

Britain is a World by itself.

1311.

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In the World's volume Our Britain seems as of it, not as in it; bis In a great pool a Swan's nest fly aromaztat 1312. AFFLICTIONS-beneficial. no en Some Griefs are med'cinable.

1313. STATION influences our Estimate.
It is place which lessens and sets off.
1314. COUNTRY LIFE—it's Independence.
The rustic life

Is nobler than attending for a check :
Prouder than rustling in unpaid-for silks.

1315. TOWN LIFE.

Did men but know the City's Usuries,
And feel them knowingly: the art o' the Court,
As hard to leave as keep; whose top to climb
Is certain falling, or so slippery that

"Either are" three syllables in the time of two.

+ So Socrates to Alcibiades of Attica; and Scipio Africanus, in the Somnium Scipionis of Cicero, of the whole Earth: and modern Discoveries of the Planetary System; and Herschel of our whole System of fixt Stars compared to our visible Universe: which itself is probably a speck to that which is invisible to our best Telescopes and Observers.

The fear's as bad as falling: the toil o' the War, A pain that only seems to seek out danger

the name of Fame and Honor, which dies i' the And hath as oft a slanderous Epitaph, [War,

As récord of fair act; nay, many times
Doth ill deserve by doing well, what's worse
Must curt'sy at the censure they would prize
A life retir'd and free.

1316. POVERTY-it's security.

The poor doth fear no poison* which attends
In place of greater state.

1317. NATURE.

How hard it is to hide the sparks of Nature. 1318. STANDer.

[tongue Slander's edge is sharper than the sword: her Outvenoms all the worms of Nile; her breath Rides on the posting winds, and doth belye All corners of the world; Kings, Queens, and States,

Maids, Matrons :-nay, the secrets of the Grave This viperous Slander enters.

1319. HYPOCRISY.

Artful Hypocrisy detected makes

True honest men seem false: Deceitful weeping
Will scandal many a holy tear: take pity
From most true wretchedness.

1320. SUICIDE.

Against self-slaughter

There is a prohibition so divine,
That cravens our weak hands.

1321. CREDULITY.

Poor Fools believe false Teachers.

Fictilibus.

Nulla aconita bibuntur

JUV,

1322. CRIME—most injurious to the CRIMINAL,
...Though those that are betray'd

Do feel the treason sharply, yet the Traitor
Stands in worst case of woe.

1323. WORDS. Words are oft strokes.

1324. CALAMITY-nothing safe to it. Foundations fly the wretched.

1325. CRIMES-vicious abuse of POWER and
PROSPERITY among the greatest.
To lapse in fulness

Is sourer than to lie for need; and Falsehood
Is worse in Kings than Beggars*.

1326. FAMIN E-bold.

Famine,

Ere clean it o'erthrow Nature, makes it valiant. 1327. COWARDICE-the effect of LUXURY.

Plenty and Peace breed Cowards.

1328. HARDSHIP the Nurse of ENERGY.

Of hardiness is mothert.

1329. APPETITE.

Hardness ever

Our stomachs will make what's homely savoury |}. 1330. SLEEP best procured by LABOUR.

Weariness

Can snore upon the flint; when resty Sloth
Finds the down pillow hard.

1331. TREASURES-all worthless in comparison to those of MIND.

Than forfeit Virtue, Liberty, and Honor,

The noble saying of John of France," that if Truth were banished all other places in the Earth, she ought still to find a dwelling in the hearts of Kings."

+ Curis acuens mortalia corda. Hunger the best sauce.

VIRG.

Optimum obsonium Fames.

All gold and silver rather turn to dirt!
As 'tis no better reckon'd, but of those
Who worship dirty Gods.

1332. STATION not the proper measure of MEN. O Measure not good Minds

By the rude place they live in.

1333. FASTING.

Discourse is heavy, fasting.

1334. DEATH,

Clay and clay differs in dignity,

Whose dust is both alike..

1335. INSOCIABILITY.

Society is no comfort

To one not sociable.

1336. COWARDICE and BASENESS.

Cowards father Cowards and base things sire 1337. NATURE human-how mixt.

[base*. Nature hath meal and bran; contempt and grace.

1338. COURTIERS.

Courtiers say all's savage but at Court.

1339. EXPERIENCE opposed to REPORT.Experience-oh! how thou disprov'st Report!

1340. THREATS.

✪ Wear not your dagger in your mouth..

1341. RESPECT none real but to WISDOM and

VIRTUE,

Those whom we reverence those we fear the 1342. FEAR.

Defect of judgement

Is oft the cause of Fear t.

[IVise.

* On the contrary, "Fortes creantur fortibus & bonis." But on both sides how many exceptions. There are fewer to the effect of Education. Doctrina nam vim promovet insitam, Rectique Cultus pectora roborant.

HOR.

Fear is but the betraying of the succours which Reason affords.

WISDOM.