POPULARITYmAn uncertain possessionmmuch dependent on pros- perity mrequires perpetual exertion to keep it upmits value esti- RANKmIts originmits effectsmits dangers.kingly statemmits cares not exempt from mortal feelings and failingsmnot to be enviedm SUSPICIONmIts readiness of divination.sometimes misleads..sus- picion a vice of old agemsuspicion easily excited in the jealous TRUTH mNot to be spoken at all times.truth in actions.truth VARIETIES OF CHARACTER.Sweet and sourmoracles.the seri. ous man.the courtiermthe blunt man mthe quarrelsome manm the temporizermsuffers from natural defects mself-government and its value - 206 VIRTUE.Should be activemvirtue the only true nobility.virtue cou- rageous.virtue's wide influencemvirtue confidentumvirtue con- WOMAN'S LOVE.Deep though silentmoften won by valourowbrooks 999 MISCELLANEOUS EXTRACTS mPeace." Blessed are the peace- makers,'' &C..death's symptomsma crisis in pain and evilmthejus- tice of earth and heaven wprayer should come from the heartmun- wise prayersmevery thing has its use and abusemworldly maxims mdoing evil that good may comemjudging by the event.judg- ment affected by passion-servile praise.m" let well alone "wrash- nessmand its curemfirmness in wrong becomes obstinacym growth of thought.undue respect to antiquitymadoption and naturemdoubt worse than certainty meffect of night on the senses m.variety pleasingmpoverty and honestymwhat is poverty ?m kind intentions appreciatedmpreservation from dangerm"put not your trust in princes, &c.'mwho is the heretic?mspecial absurdity of learned follym" nemo mortalium omnibus horis sapit"ucivil dissension ma time for all thingsmold age not the time for jesting m" carpe diem "mfoolery a sciencemflattery dangerous-degrees in crime author's remarks - 228 Duke Senior. Hath not old custom made this life more sweet As you like it. Act ii. Scene 1. * It seems that after the superstition of the existence of a jewel in the toad's head had exploded, belief in a charm appertaining to a peculiar knot of bony structure, discovered there by some anatomists, still continued amongst the vulgar. B ITS UNIVERSALITY. Duke Senior. Thou seest, we are not all alone unhappy ; This wide and universal theatre Presents more woeful pageants than the scene Wherein we play. Ibid. Act ii. Scene 7. ITS BENEFITS. K. Hen. V. There is some soul of goodness in things evil, Would men observingly distil it out. Besides, they are our outward consciences, King Henry V. Act iv. Scene 1. K. Hen. V. 'Tis good for men to love their present pains, Upon example: so the spirit is eas'd : And when the mind is quickened, out of doubt, The organs, though defunct and dead before, Break up their drowsy grave, and newly move With casted slough and fresh legerity. Ibid. AS A TRIAL OF CHARACTER. Agamemnon. The ample proposition that hope makes, In all designs begun on earth below, Fails in the promised largeness: checks and disasters Grow in the veins of actions highest rear'd; As knots, by the conflux of meeting sap, Infect the sound pine, and divert his grain |