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

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 canst be without, what is he the better, or thou the worse,. while he wants more, and thou lefs.

1981 If thour grieveft and tortureft thy felf for thy Misfortunes, thou doft but add Gall to thy Wormwood.

1982 A kind Word, and an obliging Look, will gain thee more Reípect, than all thy fine Trappings.

2983 Be eafy of Accefs, and pleasant and agrecable in thy Converfation; and fo 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 fhalt not be troubled at any thing that can happen.

1986 So carry thy felf to thy Children and Servants, that they may fear rather thy Difpleafure than thy Correction.

1987 Avoid as much as poffibly thou canst 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 truftest every one, thou wilt be known to be a Fool; if thou trusteft none, thou wilt be fufpected to be a Knave.

1990 Let

1990 Let the tranfitory Being of all Worldly Things be a Document to thee, not to hope for perpetual Delights from them.

1991 If thou doft ill, think not to excufe thy felf for being tempted to it, if thou hadst any Strength to refift it.

1992 When thou readeft a Book, regard it no further than it agrees to Reafon, let who will be the Author of it.

1993 In Things neceflary, thou may't go along with the Ancient Church: But in Things indifferent, with the Prefent.

1994 Sell not thy Brother's Credit at a low Rate; 'twill fet the Market for another to buy thine at the fame Price.

1995 Books fhould be chofen, as Friends ought to be; few, but choice ones; yet thou may't have many Acquaintance.

1996 Thou wilt be eafed of Abundance of Cares, Diftractions, and Troubles, if thou doft but well regulate thy Defires and Fears.

1997 Wouldeft thou improve in thy. Knowledge, affect not a Multitude of Books: There are but few worth studying.

1998 The fooner thou appliest thy felf to it, and the more Hafte thou makeft, the longer fhalt thou enjoy a rectified Mind.

1999 What doth it concern thee which was the elder Homer, or Hefiod; or which was the taller Helen, or Hecuba?

2000 Though thou art too much a Man to be without all Paffion; yet thou art not to be fo much a Beaft, as to be governed by it.

2001 Find out thy own Mistakes, and Fail

ings, in order to amend them. A Disease known is half cured.

2002 It cannot be too foon to fet about thy Repentance now; because thou knoweft not how foon it may be too late.

2003 In vain doft thou endeavour to amend thy felf, if thou continuest to cenfure and speak ill of others.

2004 If thou art a good Man, thou wilt love thy felf too well to lofe, and thy Neighbour alfo to win an Estate by Gaming.

2005 When thou comeft into the World of Spirits, it will fignify nothing to thee to have been rich or great in this World.

2006 Thou may'ft as reasonably expect to be well and at eafe without Health, as to be happy without Holiness.

2007 If thou doft repent, thou wouldeft make Satisfaction, and doft recal thy ill Action as much as lieth in thy Power.

2008 If thou art virtuous meerly that thou may'st be famed for it, thou art no better than a vain-glorious Sinner.

2009 Thou art no Chriftian at all, if thou art only one outwardly, and haft not the fame Mind and Spirit that was in Christ.

2010 Whatever great Thing thou proposest to do in thy Life, thou fhouldeft think of atchieving it by fifty Years old.

2011 The Bufinefs of thy Life is to inform thy Understanding, to refine thy Spirits, and then to regulate all thy Actions.

2012 Forecast, and Pre-fuppofe what Inconveniences and Hindrances may be in thy Way, fo may'st thou provide against them.

2013 If

2013 If thou hopeft for an Opportunity of acting thy Revenge, Rapine, or Luft; thou watcheft to do thy felf a Mischief.

2014 Thou may'ft be deprived of thy Honours and Riches againft thy Will, but not of thy Virtue except thou confenteft.

2015 Give no Advantage in Argument, nor lofe any that is offer'd; this is a Benefit which arifes from Temper.

2016 The refufing or accepting of Praises handfomely, is as great a Tryal of thy Wisdom, as the Cupel is of Silver.

2017 If thy Soul be not adorned with Modefty and folid Goodness, all external Accomplishments will be but meer Pageantry.

2018 Great Beauty, great Scrength, and great Riches, are really and truly of no great Ufe.

2019 Thou art not bound to believe any one pofitively against thy Reason, which God hath given thee to be thy Guide.

2020 Thou perfectly knowest what is good, and what is evil; and may'st be as certain in. Morals as in Mathematicks.

2021 Avoid knowing more than thou needeft: Secrets are troublesome Burthens to fuch as are not interested in them.

2022 Never trouble thy felf about Government; the Disorders of the Nation belong to none but the Governors of it.

2023 Affift the afflicted with something real, if thou canft: As for Tears they are but Water, what good can they do?

2024 There is already a great Progrefs made in a Work, if before it be begun, thou takest all the Leifure requifite to think of it.

2025 Affect

2025 Affect not to be wife and knowing out of Time, learning tafteth not kindly to every Palate.

2026 If thou relyeft too much upon the Honefty of other Men, it may probably, at one Time or other undo thee.

2027 A chief Thing which thou haft to ftudy and endeavour in this World is, to make thyLife comfortable.

2028 Thou wilt fhew more Difcretion in amending thy own Faults, than Wit in reprehending others Failings.

2029 Wife Men fay of inconvenient and illgrounded Friendships, 'tis better to unftitch them than to tear them all to pieces.

2030 If thou wouldest be a rich or a great Man, thou must learn to turn every Accident to fome Advantage.

2031 If thou carryeft in thy Breast any ill Will and Malice against any one, it's an Argument that thy felf art not forgiven of God.

2032 It's altogether as commendable to deny upon a juft Occasion, as to grant in due Seafon. 2033 Keep no Company with Libertines or Gamefters, the Lofs of Money and Tine is the leaft Thing thou haft to fear amongst fuch.

2034 When thou docft a good Thing, have a Care that a little Self-love and Vanity be not in thy Way when thou doft it.

2035 It's enough to be reconcil'd to thy Friend once or twice; but if it come to a third Time, thou hadft beft break Friendship.

2036 Thy Tongue and thy Heart ought always to go together. What thou fayeft fhould be maintained by what thou doest.

2037 Never