h of
the remark of Tacitus, "Populus neminem sine aemulo sinit."-- Tac. Ann.
xiv.]

199.--The desire to appear clever often prevents our being so.

200.--Virtue would not go far did not vanity escort her.

201.--He who thinks he has the power to content the world greatly
deceives himself, but he who thinks that the world cannot be content
with him deceives himself yet more.

202.--Falsely honest men are those who disguise their faults both
to themselves and others; truly honest men are those who know them
perfectly and confess them.

203.--He is really wise who is nettled at nothing.

204.--The coldness of women is a balance and burden they add to their
beauty.

205.--Virtue in woman is often the love of reputation and repose.

206.--He is a truly good man who desires always to bear the inspection
of good men.

207.--Folly follows us at all stages of life. If one appears wise 'tis
but because his folly is proportioned to his age and fortune.

208.--There are foolish people who know and who skilfully use their
folly.

209.--Who lives without folly is not so wise as he thinks.

210.--In growing old we become more foolish--and more wise.

211.--There are people who are like farces, which are praised but for a
time (however foolish and distasteful they may be).

[The last clause is added from Edition of 1665.]

212.--Most people judge men only by success or by fortune.

213.--Love of glory, fear of shame, greed of fortune, the desire to make
life agreeable and comfortable, and the wish to depreciate others are
often causes of that bravery so vaunted among men.

[Junius said of the Marquis of Granby, "He was as brave as a total
absence of all feeling and reflection could make him."--21st Jan. 1769.]

214.--Valour in common soldiers is a perilous method of earning their
living.

["Men venture necks to gain a fortune, The soldier does it ev{'}ry day,
(Eight to the week) for sixpence pay." {--Samuel Butler,} Hudibras, Part
II., canto i., line 512.]

215.--Perfect bravery and sheer cowardice are two extremes rarely found.
The space between them is vast, and embraces all other sorts of courage.
The difference between them is not less than between faces and tempers.
Men will freely expose themselves at the beginning of an action, and
relax and be easily discouraged if it should last. Some are content to
satisfy worldly honour, and beyond that will do little else. Some are