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Show SJz t69lo . ~ Re.fleElions and Maxims; VoL.t •44· Neither make nor go to Fealls, but let the laborious Poor blefs thee at Home in their folirary Cottages. 24). Never voluntarily want what thou haft in Poffefiion; nor fo fpe:ndit as to involve thy felf in Want unavoidable. 246. Be not tempted to prefume by Succefs: For many that have got largely, have lofb.ll, by coveting to get more. 247. To hazard much to get much, has more of Avarice than Wifdom. 248. It is great Prudence both to Bound and Ufe Profperity. 249. Too few know when they have enough; and fewer know how to employ it. 250. It is equally advifeable not to part lightly with what is hardly gotten, and nor ro fh'Jt up clofely what ftows in freely. 25 r, Afl not the Shark upon thy Neighbour; nor take Advantage of the lsntJ.ranu, Pr~dignliry or Neceffiry of any one: For that is next Door to Fraud, and, at heft, makes but an unblefs'd Gain. ~p. It is oftentimes the Judgment of God upon greedy Rich Men that he fufrers them to pufh on their Defires of Wealth to the Excefs of >over~ reaching, grinding or Opprcffion, which poyfons all they have gotten: So that it commonly runs away as faft, and by as bad Ways, as it was heap'd up together. · 253· !Rtfptd. Never elleem any Man, or thy felf, the more for Money. nor think the meaner of thy felf or anorher, for want of h: Virr11t 1being the juft Reafon of Refpefting, and the Want of it, of flighting any one. 25'4. A Man, like a Watch, is w be valued for his Goings. 2S5· He that prefers him upon other Accounts, bows to an Idol. ~s 6. Unlefs Virtue guide us, our Choice muft be wrong. ~S7· An able bad Man, is an ill lnft:rument, and to be fhun'd as the l'lague. 258. Be not deceived with the firfl: Appearances of Things, but give thy fclf Time to be in the right. !2S9· Show, is not Subftance: Realities Govern Wife Men. :26c. Have a care therefore where there is more Sail than Ba11aft. 261. ~I,JUb. In all Bufinefs, it is bell to put nothing to ·hazard: But where it is unavoidable, be not ralb, but firm and refign'd. 262. We fhould not be troubled for what we cannot help: But if it was our. Fault, let it be fo no more. Amendment is Repentance, if not Repatauon. 26~. As a defperate Game needs an able Gamefter, fo Confideration often would Prevent, what the heft Skill in rhe\Vorld cannot Recover. ~64. Where the Probability of Advantage exceeds not that of Lofi, WHaom never Adventures. 26s. To fhoot well Rying is well; but to chufe it, has more of Vanity than Judgment. 266. To be dextrous in Danger is a Virtue; but to court Danger to £how it, is Weaknefs. · ' 267. lllrtnrtion. Have a care of that bafe Evil Demaion. It is the Fruit of Envy, as that is of Pride; the immediate Off·fpring of the Devil: Wbo,.of an Angel, a Lucifer, a Son of the Morning, made himfelf a Serpent, a Devil, a Beelzebub, and all that is obnoxious to the Eternal Goodnefs. 'im~~a8t~.Virtue is not f~ure againfi Envy. Men willleifen what they won't 269. Difiike what deferves it; but never hau: For that is of the Nature of Malice; which is almoft ever to Perfons-, not Things, and js one of the blackefi Q.palhies Sin begets in the Soul. 270. !l}oneta«on. It were an happy Day; if Men could bound and qualify their keientments with Charity to the Offender: For then our Anger would be without Sin, and better convia and edify the Guilty; which alone can make it lawful. 271. Not to be provok'd is heft: But if mov'd, never cor{eft till tho FJJme isfpent: For every Stroke our Fury ftrikes, is fure to hit our felves ~t hll.' 272· If VoL. I. R.efie8ions and Maxim1• 2(2· If we did but obferve the Allowances our Reafo 233 fleEbon, when our P.Jffion is over we could not n :akcs upon Rc· J69" have~urfelvesagainon the likcO~cafions. wam a ule how to be-~ Ex~~f~. ·we are more prone co Complain than Redrefs, and to Cenfure than Part I. 274· It is next to unpardonable thJt w i( f1 will not once mend. Jr thews, we know, bu: ::on no~ J~ ~~~Blame ~ha,r we S 27S· They that cenfure, fhould pra<life: Or elfe let the .illhN/Ien n dl. tone, and the btt too. m ave the firfi 276. llrtftk. Nothing needs a Trick but a Trick· Si1 • 277. W: muft take care to do Right Things RiDhtl~. Flcenty llloaSeths one. may be unjultly executed. b J' or a JU ntence ~]8. Circumftances giv~ great Light to true Judgment, if wen Wei h'd 79· 1,\lafllon .. Pajjion, IS a Sort of Fever in the Mind whi h lg · t.lS weaker than lt found us. , c ever eaves t8o. BUt being intermitting, to be fure 'tis curable w'th Ca . 28 r • It more than any Thing dep · ' f h Ufc 1 re. for .it raifes :1 Duft very hard to fee t~:~~~s o t e e of our Judgment; Dr~~~: Like Wine, whofe Lees fly up being .jogg'd, it is too muddy to Ri~~tp~n~~!R~:r~~.firly he termed theMob~r'theMan, that commits a S 2~4- l have oftentimes thought, that a Paffionitte Man is l'k k pru1_g that cannot fiand long lock'd. J e a wea jj 2811;K. Andk'tis"a~ true, that r_hofe Things are unfit for•Ufe that cannot bea rna noc s, without BreakJn!;'. ' r 286. He t~at won,'t he.ar can't Judge, and he that can't bear c d·a· on, may, wuh all h1s Wu, mifs the Mark antra 1 t- •JS]. ObjeE\ion and Debate Sift out Truth, which needs Temper as well as udgmem. E 288. But above all, obferve it in Refentments; for there Paffion is moft xrravagant. 289. Never chide for Anger, but lnflruOion. ta~!e~· He that correfu our of Paffion raifes Revenge fooner than Repen· 291. It has more o.f Wantonnefs than Wifdom, and refembles thole that Eat t.o pleafe .theii Palate, rather rhan their Appetite. 292. It JS the Difference between a wife and a weak Man 1 this Judges by tbe Lump, Th:Jt by Parts and their Connexion. 293. The Greellr uf~ to fay, all Cafes are governed by their Circum: f:."t~~;: The fame Thmg may be well and ill as they change or vary the ~.94· A ~an's Strength is Ofewn by his Bearing. Bonum At ere f5 Male P11tr, Regu efl, • . 29; . tlletfonaJ ltautfon~. Refie<l without Malice but never without Need. 296. Defpife no Body, nor no Condition f left it come to be thine own bo:t~v~ev.er Rail, nor Taunt. The one is Rude, the otherfcornful; an·cl 298. Be not provoked by Injuries, to commit them. 299. Upbraid only Ingratitude. 300, Haft m;akes Work, which Caution prevents.' 301. Tempt no Man; left thou fall for it. • 302. Have a care of prefuming upon Afte!'Games: For if that mifs, all 1$ gone. ~03. Opportugities fhould never be loll, becaufe they can hardly be re' ga1n'd. ~ 304• It is well to cure, but better to prevent a Difiemper. The firft thews more Skill, but the laft more Wifdorn. 30;. Never make a Trial of Skillin difficult or ~al:;lrdouo Cafes. ) 0 306. Refufo |