LXXIX.--Humility is the altar upon which God wishes that we should offer
him his sacrifices.

LXXX.--Few things are needed to make a wise man happy; nothing can make
a fool content; that is why most men are miserable.

LXXXI.--We trouble ourselves less to become happy, than to make others
believe we are so.

LXXXII.--It is more easy to extinguish the first desire than to satisfy
those which follow.

LXXXIII.--Wisdom is to the soul what health is to the body.

LXXXIV.--The great ones of the earth can neither command health of body
nor repose of mind, and they buy always at too dear a price the good
they can acquire.

LXXXV.--Before strongly desiring anything we should examine what
happiness he has who possesses it.

LXXXVI.--A true friend is the greatest of all goods, and that of which
we think least of acquiring.

LXXXVII.--Lovers do not wish to see the faults of their mistresses until
their enchantment is at an end.

LXXXVIII.--Prudence and love are not made for each other; in the ratio
that love increases, prudence diminishes.

LXXXIX.--It is sometimes pleasing to a husband to have a jealous wife;
he hears her always speaking of the beloved object.

XC.--How much is a woman to be pitied who is at the same time possessed
of virtue and love!

XCI.--The wise man finds it better not to enter the encounter than to
conquer.

[Somewhat similar to Goldsmith's sage-- "Who quits {a} world where
strong temptations try, And since 'tis hard to co{mbat}, learns to
fly."]

XCII.--It is more necessary to study men than books.

["The proper study of mankind is man."--Pope {Essay On Man, (1733),
Epistle II, line 2}.]

XCIII.--Good and evil ordinarily come to those who have most of one or
the other.

XCIV.--The accent and character of one's native country dwells in the
mind and heart as on the tongue. (Repitition Of Maxim 342.)

XCV.--The greater part of men have qualities which, like those of
plants, are discovered by chance. (Repitition Of Maxim 344.)

XCVI.--A good woman is a hidden treasure; he who discovers her will do
well not to boast about it. (See Maxim 368.)

XCVII.--Most women do not weep for the loss of a lover to show that they
have been loved so much as to show that they are worth being loved. (See
Maxim 362.)

XCVIII.--There are many virtuous women who are weary of the part they
have played. (See Maxim 367.)

XCIX.--If we think we love for love's sake we are much mistaken. (See
Maxim 374.)