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Show 8H .YN Part I. Re.ftellions and Maxims. Vor..'l. 306. Refufe not to be inform'.!: For that fhews Pride vr Stupidity . j(J?, Humility and Knowledge in poor Cloaths,excel Pride and fgnorance in coltly Attire. 3c8. Neither de(pife, nor oppofe, what thou daft nor underfbnd. ;o9. lBaUance. W~ muft not be conce~n'd a~o''7 t_he Value of rhe Thing that engages us; nor t::tlft:d aho\'e Reafon, In m:umau11ng what we think rea.~ fonable. 310. It is too common :Jn Error, to invert the Order of Things; by making an F.nd of that which is a Means, and a Means of that which is an End~ 311. Religion and Government cfcape not this Mifchief: The firit is roo often made a Means inftead of an End ; the other an End inlteJd of 3 Means. 312. Thus Men feek Wealth. rather than Subfifiencc; and the End of Cloaths is rhe leaft Reafon_of thea Ufe. N or is the fatisfying of our Ap· petite our End in Eating, io much as the pleafing of our Pab.re. The likemay alfo be faid of Building, Furniture, f:Jc. where the Man rules not the Beaft, and Appetite fubmits not to Rcafon. 313, It is great Wifdom to proportion our Ell:eem to the Nanue of the Thing : For as that way Things will not be undervalued, fo neither will they engage us above their ,intrinfick V{orth. 314. If we fulfer little Things to have gteat Hold upon us, we lba!l be as much tranfported for them, as if they deferved it. . 315. It is an old Proverb, Maxima BeUa ex /eviffimU Caujis: The greateft Feuds have had the fmalleft Beginnings. 316. No Matter what the Subject of the Difpure be, but what Place we give it in our Minds: For that governs our Concern and Refcntment. 317. It is one of the fataleft Errors of our Lives, when we fpoil J good Caufe by an ill Management: And it is not impoffihle but we may mean well in an i11 Bufinefs; but that will not defend it. 318. If we are but fure the End is Right, we are too apt to gallop over all Bounds to compafs it; not confidering that lawful Ends may be very unlawfully attained. 319. Let us be careful to take juft Ways to compafs juft Things; that they may laft in their Benefits to us. 320. There is a troublefom l:lumor fomc Men h:1ve, thlt if they may not lead, they «JiU not follow; but had rather a Thing were never done, than not done their own Way, tho' otherwife very defirable. 321. This comes of an over·fulnefs of our felves, and fhews we are more concern'd for Praife, than the Succefs of what we think a good Thing. 322. Jl!opula~itp, Alfea not to be feen, and Men will lefs fee thy Weaknefs. 32~. They that {hew more than they are, raife an ExpeCbtion they can· not anfwer; and fo lofe their Credit, as foon 3S they are found ·ant. 3,24, Avoid Popularity. It has many Snares, and no real Benefit to tl1'yl .felf; and Uncertainty to others. ' 325. l.Stftlacp. Remember the Pronrb, BenJ qui /otuit, bent: vixit, They are happy that live Retiredly. 326. If this be true, PJinces and their Grandees, of all Men, arc the un· happieft: For they live leaft alone: And rhey that muft be enjoy'd by every Body, can never enjoy themfelves as they fhould. 327. It ls the Advantage little Men have upon them; they can be priva!e, and have leifnre .for Family Comforu, which are the greatefi worldly Con· tents Men can enJoy. 328. But they that place Pleafure in Greatnefs fcek it there: Anol we fee Rule is as much the Ambition of fome Nature~, as Privacy is the Choice of others. r 329. c5obttnment. Government has many Shapes : But 'tis Sovereign· ty, tho! nor Freedom, in all of them. 330· Re.- f.1 Tyrannfi! are very dilf~ring Charaaers : One rules his Peo• pie ·voL. I. Rt.fteclions and Ma • ·, ~le by Laws, to which the co Xttns. o:ver. TThJt is ~all'd Free/om n~~~ ;The other by lliiabfolute lV'Il , 3 L he firll 1s endan .d , lS yran~y. 1 and lbJkcs the Conflitution. Tf" by the Ambuion of the P the. Tyrant and his F:Jn~ily te orher by an ill Adminifrra.rio op~~ce, which 332. Ir is greac Wifdom ·. . n, w tch hnards high with their Peo le. F ln Prmces of bath Sons not fi . them or not, they ar~ e;er ~~ wherher the P~ople have ~o R{atn Points'too far; though the Remedy oft re ~o attempt It, when Things ghr to pppofe 3B· Happy that King when:ttmes proves worfe than the n~fi c~rned tOO free Py Obedience. o IS great by Juftice, and that p 1 ea e. 334· Where the Ruler is Jufl eople who arc turns upon hifn. And rh • ' he may be fhi8:. elfe it . hJS People nre tb~ Lofer.s o he lhould prevail, h~ can be~~ tw_o to one it 335· Princes muff no; h gamer, whert Intcrefi and Religion ave Patlions jn Govefnment nor R fc b H6. Where Exam' le keeps Pace . h ' e ent eyond be3o3b7cyL'd, anhd Mp agi~rat~ to be bo:~~r./uthority: Power hardly fails to · et t e eople think the G • 338. This cannot fail if Thofe T~ernT and they will be Govern'd 339· Tlu~ Pri~ce th~t is Juft :o the! :ufr, are Tru.fted. ' w~~;ftenumcs m fmaiJ ones, is fure to~a~~ fdak Thmgs, and Humours . n eep them from aU rhe 340· For the People is th~ Politick w· . ter m3n:lged by Wiii:lom, than ruled byte of tbe Pnnce. that may be bet· 341. Bur where rhe Magilfrate is . orce. Aurh~rity w~t~ the People; and gi~::r:~l pnd ferves ill turns, he lofes his fy rhetr Al?bmon: Apd fo lays a Stlllllbii!Je- opulace qpporrunity to grati· }42· .It.ts true, that where a Sub·ea i 'C block for hts People to fall. Pnnce ts m Danger: But it is as tiue :hmo~e ~op_ular than the Prince the dy has the. like Means, lntereft or Re~fon at u IS hts own Fault: For n~ Bo- 343· ,It lS an unaccountable Thin ' to be popular as He. be. feJr d f:han lov'd; when the fe~' :hat fome Pnnces incline rarhet to . Pnnce agamfi the DUfatisfaEl:io% of hishtt Fiar dhoes nor ofrner fecure a too many for fuch a 'Prince. . eop e, t an Love makes a Subje!l! 344· Certainly Service upon Jnclina . . l' ence upon Compulfion. Uon IS tke to go farther than Obedi .. 345· TheRomdnr had a jullSenfc of h. fo~e hlaxlmru, to their molt illuftrious c~ IS,. when they plac'd Optimm be- 346. Befides, Experience tells us Th cframs aud Ctffars. the Soul·, and gives a berrer Scnfe ~f o:t o~dneSefs ra~fes a nobler Paflion ill 347· WhJt did Fharoah get b . Y t an vemy. himfelf i~ the End. Y mcreafing the Ifraelitet Task? Ruin to 348. Kings, chiefty in this fbou!d i • . obove aU their Workt. , ' mttate God: Therr M~rcy fhou/J !Je 349· The DifFerence between the Prince and h • . . Bur a Temper ought tO be obferv'd by him bt e Pedant, ts m ttus World: becaufe of theJudsment of the next. t at has the Advantage here, 350. The End of every Thing fbould d. a h ,rem m_enr being the Guod of rbe whole u:h. t e1~eans! Now that ofG~ the Prtnce. ' no mg e1s thould be the Aim of ;51. J\soften as Ruleuendeavourtoana· j fiE . they are furc of a quiet :and ea(i G tn u nds by JUfl Mediums where the Nature of Things ar/viol:~:dmen~.; ~n.d ofure of Conv u.fions; 3l2· Ic is·ccnain, Princes ou he to h an t etr . rdt!r over·rul'd. for FJults in Government. Iince ~he fi ~ve g~ea[ Allowances made them by their E:m. But .Jnini}ers of Stare eth r ~t er d~eople's Eyes, and hear fi~um~nts, have muclt [0 anfwer for' i etr tmm.e Iate.Confidents and InDflfguide the Prince ro do publick 1;ju~y~o graufy pnvare Paflions, they 50 2 353. Minif!m |