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Show 846 1693· ~ Par~ II. R.ejle8iolfi and MaximJ. VoL. L 18 The Glorying of the other Humour is in a Vice: For it is not Humane to be Cold, D4rk, and Vnconverfablc. I was ~ gomg t? fay, they a~e like Pick-Pochts in a Crowd., wbere:J. ~an muft e\er have hts. Hand on hts Purfe; or as Spie.r in a Garrifon, that 1f not prevemed hetr~y_u. They 3 re the Reverfe of humane Nature, a~d. yet rillS IS the prefent W~~ld's Wife JJlan :1nd Politician: Ex~ell~nt Qpalmes for Lnplar.d, where, the fa ' Witches, tho' not ma.ny ConJurors, dw~l1. . ,}0 like .High-Woy .Mtn, (hat rarely Rob wlthot Viza~-ds, or m the fame Wigs and Cloarhs, but have a Drefs fo~ eve.ry Entcrpnze. . 21 At beft, he may be a Cun11ing Man, wh1ch IS a Son of Lurcber 1n the fo~~i~~· is never too hard for the Wife Man upon the Squ.1rc, for that is ou; of his Element, and puts him quite by. his Skill Nor are wife Men ever carcb"d by him, but when they truft hun. . . 23 But as Q,fd and C!ofe as he feems, he can ard w1ll plcafe all, 1£ he gets by it, rho" it fhould nenher pleafe. God n.or·hlml.elfat bono':". . . 24 He is for every Caufe that brings htm Gam, bur tmplacablc tf difap-pointed ofSuccefs. . . . 2) And what he cannot hinder, he will bef~re to fpo1l, by ?"et-dotnglt. .26 None fo zealous then as he, for that wh1c:h. he c~nnot a~1d~. ... 7 What is it he will not or cannot do, to h1de b1s true Sentiments. ~8 For his lntereft, he ref~fes no Side or Party; and wilf take the ~~lrong by the Hand, when t"other wont do, with as good a Grace as ~he R1ghr. 29 Nay, he com1ponly chufes the worfi, becaufe that bnngs the beR: Bribe: His Caufe hemg ever Money. . ;o He fails with aU Winds, and is never out of h1s Way, where any Thing is to be had. . 31 A Privateer indeed, and every where a Bud of Prey. . 32 True to nothing bll[ himfelf, and falfe to all Perfons and Parties, to ferve ·his own Turn. · . l ' d 33 Talk with him as often a~ you pleafe, he w1l never pay you m goo Coins for 'tis either falfe or chpt. 34 .Bur to give a falfe Reafon for any tiling, let my Reader never learn of him, no more than to give a Brafs balf.Crown for a good one: N_ot.only becau"= i[ is not true, but becaufe ~~ decetves the 'Peri on to whom It IS g1~ ven. which 1 take to be an lnJ1tJorohty. d_ ll 3$ Silence is mu£111 more preferabl~, for it fates the ;xcret, as we as the Perfon's Honour. . 36 Such as give tllemfel'ves the Latitude offaymg whlt t~ey do ~o~ mc:~n, come to bo err.mt Joc/(.eyr'J.t more Things than one; but tn Rehg1on,and foliticks, 'ds pernicious. . . · h 37 To hear tWo Men talk tlie Reverfe o~ the1~ o~n S:numents, wa oll the good Breeding and Appearance of Fnend!lnp, 1magmable, on Purofeto cozen or pump each other, is ro a Man of _Virtl!e and Hono11r, one ~£ rhe Melancholieft, as well as moft naufeous Tbmgs' m th~ \Vorl~. . 3s But that it fhonld be the CharaEter of an .able Man, _Is to difinberll JVifdom, and pain.t out our Degeneracy to the Ltfe, by femng up Fraud, an &rrant lmpoftor, m her Room. 1 !l f ~9 The Tryal ofSkill between thefe two is, who fhall believe ea . o what t'other b.ys; and he that has the Weaknef~ or go,od Nature, to .g1~e oUt firft, viz. to believe anyThing eorher fays) IS look d upon to b~tfiC~~ 4c 1 cannot fee the Policy, any more than t.he Neceffiry, of~ ~an s Mm always giving the Lye to his Mouth; or h1s Mou!h ever glvmgfalfe A~i }arms ot his Mind: For no Man can be long behev_ed; that teaches~ Men to diftruft him; and fince the ablell: have fomenmes need of Cr~du, where lyes the Advantage oftheir Politick Con.r or Banter upou Mankmd/ 41 I remember a Paffage of one of Queen Elizabeth's great Men; as A ~ vice to his Friend; The Advantage, fays he, 1 bad upon otbtrs at Court, fDIU that1 alwayr [poke tU 1 thought, wbi&b being not beli~vtd bytbem I !JDth/reftrved a good Confcience, aud fuffercd no Damage jrDm that~;::; VoL. I. Rd/e8i011s and Maximi1 dom: Whic~, 35 it O)ows the Vice to he older than our Times, fo that Gallant Mans ln~~ru~, to be the heft Way of avoiaing it. 42. To be fure I~ IS Wire, as wen 3» honeft. neither to flmer other Men's Senr1menrs, nor dtffemble and lefs contradifl our own T 13 To. hold o~e's Tongue, or fpe•k Truth, or taik only ofindi!Ferenr h1ngs. IS the fatreft Converfation. 44 Women th~t rarely go abroad ",Yithotft VIzard· .Masks, have none of the be!l.Reputanon. But when we confider, what all this Art and Difi•ife ~r~ for, It equaJly heightens the Wife Man's Womltrand Averjion: Perh~ps tt ~~to betray a Father, a Brother, a Mallfr, a Friend-, a Neighbour or ones own Party. ' 45 A fine Conqueft! what Noble Grtci11111 and R0111a11t abhorr'd · As if Government could not fublilt without Knavery and that Knaves ~ere the Ujrf•Def/ Pr.ops to it, tho' the bafell, as wen' a• gteateft, Perverlions of the Ends of tt. tioto?t~t.'}~~:s.fiiOuld become a JIL.xim, !bows but too grofiy the Corr•p· 47 I confefsl have heard the Stile of an T.Jfefut Knwe b•t ever took it to be a fil_ly or a K11avi!h S:~ying; at leaft an Excufe for K~avery. , th:~~ J}~~:.eafonoble to think a Wbure makes the beft Wife, aoa&411e 49 Befides, employing Knaves, enco11;agez Knavery inftead of puniihfDg it;. and 11/tenittts the R~ward of Virtue. Or, at leaO:, muft make the World. beheve, the Country fields not honeft Men enough, able to ferve her. so ('.n thou a Magtftrare? Prefer fuch as have dean Cbaraaers, where they hve, and of EO:a!es, to fecu!e a J~ft Difcb3fge of t~eir Trufts; that are under no Temptauon to firam Pomts, for a Fortune; for fometimcs fuch may be found, fooner than they are employed. p Art thou a private Man~ ContraB: thy Acqu:Hntance in a narrow Compafs, and c~ufe thofe for the Subjefis of it, that arC Men of Princi· ples ; fuc:h as w11l make full Stops, where Honour wiU not le3d them on 4 and that had rather bear the Difgracc of not being thorow P11utl Men that forfeit their Peace and Reputation by a bafe Compliance. , S~ 'il:be lllUe IJ)In. The Wife Mon, governs himfelf by the Reafon ofhts G._te, and becaufc wh3t he docs is. beft: Belt, in a moral and prud.ent, not a finifter Senfe. n He propofes jo!l Ends, and employs the faire!l and probable!! Meana and Methods to auain them. · 54 Tho' you cannot a_lway~ penetrate his Defign, or his Reafons for it; yet you fhall ever fee h1s Aau~ns of a Piece, and his 'Performance• like a Workman : They will bear the Touch of Wifaom and Honour, 31 often as they are try' d. 55 He fcornt to ferve himfelf by IndirtO .Meanr, or be 3n Interloper in Government, ftnce juft Enterprizes never want any ]uft Ways to fucceed them. s6 To do E•il, that Good may COUle of it, is for Bungl~rr in Politicks as well-.; Morals. S7 L'll&: thofe Surgeons, that will cut o!F an Arm they can't cure, t~ hide their Ignorance and fave fbeir Credit. ;8 The Wife Man is Cautious, bur not Cunning; Judicious, but aotf Crafty, making Virtue the Meafure of ufmg his Excellent Underfunding in tbe Conduct of his Life. )9 The Wife Man ir equa~ ready, but nOr ojflcio111; h3s in every Thing an Eye to S~tre·Footing: He ottends no Body) nor eafily is offended, and at~ waya willing to Compound for Wron,1r, if not forgive them. 6o He is never Captious, nor Criucal , bates &nter and ]tftt : He may be pleafilnt, but not Light 1 he never deals but in fubllantial Ware. and lea•es the reft for the Toy Pates (or Shops) of the World; which are-fo far from beiug his Bufinefo, that they are not fo much as his D1verli9n. · '' Ht 8-t; 1693· ~ Parr. II. |