Part XI.

Sir. 4. Ser. 5.
Ibid. Scr. 6.
Ibid. Ser. 7.
Ser. 9. Ser. 10.
Ibid. Ser. 12. Ser, 17.
Ibid.
Ser. 14.
Ser. 1 7.
Ibid.
Ibid.
Ibid.
Ibid.
Set. 20. Ser. 22.
Ser. 28.
Sir. 29. Ibid.
Ser. jr.
Ser.
Ser.'3 7. Ibid .
Ibid.
Ibid.
From good things arife iii to Men, if they know not how to manage or hear the good.
To yield to the Law, the A4agiftrate, and a wife Perfon, is decent.
Temperance augments things that are plea- fant, and maketh tlie pleafure it felf greater.
Sleeps in the day figniheth either diftemper of the Body, or grief of the Mind, or Both, or dulnefs.
Coition is a fhort Apoplexy ; One man is ftruck out of another.
Not he only is valiant who vanquifheth his Enemy, but healfo who fabdueth Pieafure ; yet fome there are, who Command Cities, and are flaves to Women.
It is good not only to do no harm, but not fo much as to will it.
Where ill Adfions acquire Wealth, the Infa¬ my is the greater.
Hope of ill gain is the beginning of lofs. •
We ought to fpeak Truth where it is beft.
It is better to blame our own faults, than thofe of others.
Freedom of Speech is proper to generoftty, but the difference of occafions render it dange¬ rous.
To pralfe good things is good, but to praife the ill is proper to a counterfeit deceitful Soul.
He is welldifpafed who grieves not for what he hath not, and rejoyceth for what he hath.
Of pleafant things , thofe which we have moB feldome, delight moft.
If a Man exceeds moderation, the fweeteft things prove the moft bitter.
He is valiant who vanquiOieth, not Enemies only, but pleafures.
They who indulge to the pleafures of the Belly, confuming the time in eating, drinking, or wantonnefs ; in all thefs there are fhorc plea¬ fures, which laft as long as they are eating and drinking, but many griefs: For they are in a continual defire of thefe things, and when they have obtain’d them, the pleafure paffeth away, and there is nothing in them hut a mo- mentany titillation ; the pleafure is fhort, and they foon need the fame again.
To refift Anger is difficult, but to vanquiffi it is proper to an underftanding Perfon.
He who contend^ with his Superior, ends in Infamy.
Wicked Men, after they have cfcaped the danger, keep not the Oaths which they had made in th^ir extremity.
More are made good by Exercitation, than by Nature.
All Labours are fweeter than Reft, when Men obtain that for which they labour ; but if a Man be fruftrate of his defigns, there is one reme¬ dy, if all things ^re alike troublefome and diffi¬ cult.
Neither fay nor do ill, though alone; learn to ftand *nore in awe of chy feif than of others.
It is a defrairdingof others, to defire to fpeak ail, and ro hear nothing.
A Man nnift either be good, or feem fuch.
Tirey whole Manners are orderly, their Life is orderly.
A good Man cares not for the reproofs of •ill Merr.
The Laws would not have prohibited every
Man from living according to his own Will, if one were nor injurious to .another , for Envy caufcch the beginning of Sedition.
To live in foreign Countries teacheth Fru- Ser. 3S. gality ; Maza, and .a graify Bed are fweet Cures of Hunger and Labour.
Every Country is pervious ro a wife Mar. ; for the whole World is the Countiy of a w'ife Soul. ■ ' .
The Law jequires , that the Life of Man Set. 41. Ihould do good to others; this may be done if they will fuffer, for it declares its own V'irtue to the Obedient.
Civil War hurts both P.arties ; the harm is ibij. equal to the Vidor, and to the Vanquilhed.
By Concord, befides other great things, War ibid, may be undertaken by Cities ; without it, nor.
It is better for the Unwife to be Governed, Ser; 42. than to Govern.
It is juftice to do thofe things which ought to be done ; Injuftice not to do them, but to decline them.
As concerning the killing and not killing of Animals, the bufinefs Bands thus , Thofe who do, or would do injury, he who killeth isblame- lels ; nay, fuch ought rather to be killed , than nor.
We ought to kill all that do Injury and In- Ibid, juftices j and he who kills them,oughr to have, throughout the whole World, efteem and pri¬ vilege of bis Defire, and Juftice, and Courage, and Pofifeffion.
As it is written concerning Beafts and Ser- Ibid. ^ pents, that are in enmity with us, fo alfo in my Opinion may we do with Men. According to the Laws of our Country, an Enemy may be ’’
kill’d in any part of the World, where no Law forbiddeth it ; but Law forbiddeth fometimes, and they have facred Rites, Covenants, and Oaths. ^ ' v
Any Man that either kills with his own ibid. hand, or c.iufeth to be killed by Command or Vote, a Thief, is to be efteemed innocent. ,,
It is a grievous thing to be ruled by a worfe ibid. i Perfon. .l!
They who fuffer Injuries are to be defended- Ser. 43. to the utmoft, and not to be defpifed ; for this is juft and good, tlie other unjuft and iil.
They whocomnfitany thing defervingBanifti- Ser 44. ment, gr Bonds, or any other puniiLment, ought not to he acquitted, but condemned ; if any Man fhould acquit them either for Gain or Favour, he doth unjuftly.
He hath the greateft part of Juftice and Vir- Ser. tue, who Honors thofe that are Worthy.
Stand not more in awe of other Men than Ser. of thy Self; nor commit more offences, though no Man were to know it, than if all Men: Im¬ print this Rule in thy Mind; and do no ill.
Men are more mindful of Wrongs than of Ser, Benefits, and it is but juft it ffiould be fo : .is he who reftores a Depofium, deferves no Com¬ mendation; but he who detains it. Blame and Puniffinrenr. The fame cafe it is in a Ru¬ ler, who ischofen not to do ill, but good.
To be naturally fitted for Command,, is pro- S«r. per to the molt excellent Perfons.
Boldnefs is the beginning of an Aition, the Sm 4-5. end is guided by Fortune.
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