and worse recreations.

_Quarles._

168.

In some dispositions there is such an envious kind of pride that
they cannot endure that any but themselves should be set forth as
excellent; so that when they hear one justly praised they will
either openly detract from his virtues; or, if those virtues be,
like a clear and shining light, eminent and distinguished, so that
he cannot be safely traduced by the tongue, they will then raise a
suspicion against him by a mysterious silence, as if there were
something remaining to be told which overclouded even his brightest
glory.

_Feltham._

169.

Every man thinks with himself, I am well, I am wise, and laughs at
others; and 'tis a general fault amongst them all, that which our
forefathers approved--diet, apparel, humours, customs, manners--we
deride and reject in our time as absurd.

_Burton._

170.

Repeated sin destroys the understanding
And he whose reason is impaired repeats
His sins. The constant practising of virtue
Strengthens the mental faculties, and he
Whose judgment stronger grows acts always right.

_Mahabharata._

171.

If you wish to know how much preferable wisdom is to gold, then
observe: if you change gold you get silver for it, but your gold is
gone; but if you exchange one sort of wisdom for another, you obtain
fresh knowledge, and at the same time keep what you possessed
before.

_Talmud._

172.

The man who listens not to the words of affectionate friends will
give joy in the time of distress to his enemies.

_Hitopadesa._

173.

It is a proverbial expression that every man is the maker of his own
fortune, and we usually regard it as implying that every man by his
folly or wisdom prepares good or evil for himself. But we may view
it in another light, namely, that we may so accommodate ourselves to
the dispositions of Providence as to be happy in our lot, whatever
may be its privations.

_Von Humboldt._

174.

Be very circumspect in the choice of thy company. In the society of
thy equals thou shalt enjoy more pleasure; in the society of thy
superiors thou