and of a coward to those who can. But though servants and other dependants may not have it in their power, to retort the injurious usage they receive from their superiors, they are sure to be even with them by the contempt they themselves have for them, and the character they spread abroad of them through the world. Upon the whole, the proper behaviour to inferiors, is, to treat them with generosity and humanity, but by no means with familiarity, on one hand, or insolence on the other.

It is with narrow-souled people as with narrownecked bottles-the less they have in them, the more noise they make in pouring it out.

Fortunate are they who can tranquilly walk the mazes of life as the elephant those of the foresttoo gentle to do injury and too powerful to fear

it.

A firm faith is the best divinity; a good life is the best philosophy; a clear conscience the best law; honesty the best policy; and temperance the best physic.

Invention is the talent of youth, and judgment of age; so that our judgment grows harder to please, when we have fewer things to offer it; this goes through the whole commerce of life. When

we are old, our friends find it difficult to please us, and are less concerned whether we be pleased or

not.

Those men who destroy a healthful constitution of body by intemperance, and an irregular life, do as manifestly kill themselves, as those who hang, or poison, or drown themselves.

Whatever is glorious and excellent in the world, cannot be acquired without much care and great labour. No real good, or true happiness, is given to man upon any other terms.

The worth of every thing is determined by the demand for it. In the deserts of Arabia a pitcher of cold water is of more value than a mountain of gold.

The wise and active conquer all difficulties by daring to attempt them; but sloth and folly shiver and shrink at the sight of toil and hazard, and make the impossibility they fear.

It is proper for all to remember that they ought not to raise an expectation which it is not in their power to satisfy; and that it is more pleasing to see smoke brightening into flame, than flame sinking into smoke.

There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little: and, therefore, men should remedy suspicion by procuring to know more, and not keep their suspicion in smother.

To be angry about trifles is mean and childish; to rage and be furious is brutish; and to maintain perpetual wrath is akin to the practice and temper of devils; but to prevent and suppress rising resentment is wise and glorious, is manly and divine.

Never let yourself be meanly betrayed into an

admiration of a person of high rank, or fortune, whom you would despise, if he were your equal in station; none but fools and children are struck with tinsel.

It is an employment more useful in society, to be a maker-up of differences, than a professor of astronomy. But it requires prudence to know how to come between two people who are bickering at

one another and not have a blow from one or

the other.

Wealth is not acquired as many persons suppose, by fortunate speculations and splendid enterprises, but by the daily practice of industry, frugality and economy: He who relies upon these means will rarely be found destitute, and he who relies upon any other, will generally become bankrupt. Childish, imbecile carelessness is enough to render any man poor, without the aid of a single positive vice.

Guilt though it may obtain temporal splendour, can never confer real happiness. The evil consequences of our crimes long survive their commission, and like the ghost of the murdered, for ever haunt the steps of the malefactor. The paths of virtue though seldom those of worldly greatness, are always those of pleasantness and peace.

None so little enjoy life and are such burthens to themselves as those who have nothing to do. The active only have the true relish of life. He who knows not what it is to labour, knows not what it is to enjoy.

If you truly love virtue and learning, you will

respect him who excels in them; but, if you love only their rewards, you will envy the excellence which he has attained, because you covet the praise which he has acquired.

We ought always to deal justly, not only with those who are just to us, but likewise with those who endeavour to injure us; and this, too, for fear, lest by rendering them evil for evil, we should fall into the same vice; so we ought, likewise to have friendship, that is to say, humanity and good will, for all who are of the same nature with us.

Learning, if rightly applied, makes a young man thinking, attentive, and industrious; an old mar cheerful and reserved. It is an ornament in pros perity, a refuge in adversity, an entertainment at all times; it cheers in solitude, and moderates upon the throne.

Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs nothing to help it out; it is always near at hand, and sits upon our lips, and is ready to drop out before we are aware; whereas a lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack; and one trick needs a great many more to make it good.