...Conversation is the business, and let every one that please add their opinion freely. There are many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so useful as discretion. Mr. Locke having been introduced by Lord Shaftsbury to the Duke of Buckingham and Lord Halifax, these...

...under-agent of Providence, to guide and direct us in the ordinary concerns of life. There are many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there...; it is this indeed which gives a value to all the 1 The meaning is, a wise man thinks all that he Bays, and a fool nays all that he thinks. 1 Ecclua....

...goods of fortune. — Blair. DISCRETION. — There are many shining qualities in the mind of man ; but none so useful as discretion. It is this, indeed, which gives a value to all the rest, and sets them at work in their proper places, and turns them to the advantage of their possessor. Without...

...an under-agent of Providence, to guide and direo us in the ordinary concerns of life. There are many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so useful a» ¿i*j cretion; it is this indeed which gives a value t« ul the rest, which sets them at work in...

...direct us in the ordinary concerns of life. fere are many more shining qualities in the miud of man, but is none so useful as discretion ; it is this indeed which gives ue to all the rest, which sets them at work in their proper and places, and turns them to the advantage...

...blighted ruin lies, Thou 'It yet survive the storm, And blooni in paradise. DISCRETION. THERE are many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so useful as discretion ; it is this which gives a value to all the rest, which sets them at work in their proper times and places, and...

...eat of a king ; and eat of the fish that hath fed of that worm. — Shakspeare. MXVII. There are many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there...possessed of them. Without it, learning is pedantry, and ivit impertinence ; virtue itself looks like weakness ; the best parts only qualify a man to be more...

...of Providence, to guide and direct us in the ordinary concerns of life. There are many more sliming qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so...and turns them to the advantage of the person who ia possessed of them. Without it, learning is pedautry, and wit impertinence ; virtue itself looks...

...under-agcnt of Providence, to guide aud direct us in the ordinary concerns of life. There are many ere the printe • Secies, vl. 9. xivii. 17. learning is pedantry, and wit impertinence; virtue ilsclf looks like...

...Conversation is the business, and let every one that please add their opinion freely. There are many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so useful as discretion. Mr. Locke having been introduced by Lord Shaftsbury to the Duke of Buckingham and Lord Halifax, these...