1946 Be not puffed up with thy perfections but let thy humility defend thee from thy own

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1947 God willeth what he doth; and if thy will accord not with his, which wilt thou fay is wifeft and best.

1948 Thou oughteft to contract perfect love with honeft men, but yet not to be at odds with others.

1949 Do injury to none; for thereby thou teachest others to injure thee: and then thou canst not complain.

1950 If thou ufeft tedious admonitions, thou wilt dull the advised; and render thyself contemptible.

1951 Serve others, fo as not to injure thyfelf too much; and fo thyfelf, as to help others.

1952 If thou marrieft a rich wife, thou art fure to have fomewhat to be in love withal.

1953 Learn the art of filence. The wife man that holds his tongue, says more than the fool who fpeaks.

1954 Be diligent in thy calling, or business of life; and let all the intervals or fpaces of time be. well filled up.

1955 I would have thee pity thofe that underftand no better than to please themselves with horfes, dogs, and dice.

1956 Thou wert better eat falt with the philofophers of Greece, than fugar with the courtiers of Italy.

1957 Speak not ill, but upon certain knowledge. There is no fufficient recompence for an unjust scandal.

1958 What art thou better than the poorest beggar, unless thou art more wife and more virtuous than he?

1959 If thou wrongest thy neighbour by thy words, thou woundest thy own foul with thy tongue.

1960 Adhere to thy faith and true religion; and not to the perfons that make profeffion of it; and buftle about it.

1961 Do nothing to lofe common reputation; which is fo neceffary, that without it, one is out of the world.

1962 Mark what makes men esteemed, and imitate it if it fit thy manner, and what disesteemed, and avoid it.

1963 If a matter doth not entirely please, yet let it not trouble thee, and then it cannot hurt thee.

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1964 If thou wilt have no difference with thy friends, fell them not horses, nor goods; and buy nothing of them.

1965 Be not contented to be good only thyfelf, but endeavour alfo what thou canft to make others fo.

1966 If thou wouldeft check a report, despise it; if thou goeft about to ftop it, it will run the fafter.

1967 If virtue accompany thy pleasures, thou wilt relish them well, and never be afraid of their confequence.

1968 Why fhoul.'eft thou give way to impatience: in trouble? that will neither ease thy mind, nor effect thy purpose.

1969 If thou art a wife man, thou wilt draw more advantage from thy enemies, than a fool does from his friends.

1970 Art thou content to be eternally miferable, if thou doft not live to the time, thou fettest. for repentance, come?

1971 Diftruftfulnefs is the mother of fafety; but take care not to exprefs it; for nothing can be more difobliging.

1972. If thou playeft too long between two parties, they may both in time join together to be in earneft with thee,

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1973 Thou wilt gain nothing by being vainglorious; but the general averfion, scorn, and hatred of other men.

1974 While good fortune is at thy houfe, remember to prepare for the reception of bad.

1975 'Tis more eafy than thou imagineft to become mafter of the world; 'tis but to flight to all, and make good use of all.

1976 Whatever good thou canst do, without damage to thyself, thou art obliged to do; even to a ftranger.

1977 If thou wouldeft be mafter of another's heart, it is necessary that thou ftudy his inclinations and delights.

1978 If thou art wife, thou knowest thy own ignorance; and thou art ignorant if thou knoweft not thyself.

1979 Confider, a little while hence all thy delights will be gone, the curtain will be drawn, and thy act of life finished.

1980 If another hath what thou canft be without, what is he the better, or thou the worfe, while he wants more, and thou lefs.

1981 If thou grieveft and tortureft thyself for thy misfortunes, thou doft but add gall to thy wormwood.

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1982 A kind word, and an obliging look, will gain thee more respect than all thy fine trappings.

1983 Be easy of access, and pleasant and agreeable in thy conversation; and so every man will delight in thy company.

1984 Set not up for a judge of another's confcience, but look to thy own, and leave his to him.

1985 Refolve thy will into the will of God, and then thou shalt not be troubled at any thing that can happen.

1986 So carry thyself to thy children and fervants, that they may fear rather thy displeasure than thy correction.

1987 Avoid as much as poffibly thou canft the company of vicious perfons, for vice is as infectious as the plague.

1988 Thou wert better take the pains of confidering at first, than endure ten times the trouble of repentance at last.

1989 If thou trufteft every one, thou wilt be known to be a fool: if thou trufteft none, thou wilt be fufpected to be a knave.

1990 Let the tranfitory being of all worldly things be a document to thee, not to hope for perpetual delights from them.

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