10. Persons of eminent Virtue, when they are advanced, are less envied: for their Promotion seems but due unto them; and no Man envies the Payment of a Debt.

It. Children increase the Cares of Life, but they mitigate the Remembrance of Death.

12. Men in great Place are thrice Servants: Servants of the King, Servants of Fame, and Servants of Business.

13. Indignation is a Grief for the Prosperity of a Man unworthy.

14. Shame is a Disorder of the Mind, arising from the Apprehension of Evils past, present, or to come, to the Prejudice of a Man's own, or his Friend's Reputation.

15. Let the Father's Care in educating his Children, especially his Son, the Heir of the Family, be equal to the Joy he will have in their welldoing And let the Mother beware that her Indulgence doth not spoil them."

16. Stripes, Fetters, Weariness, Hunger, Cold, are the Rewards of Idleness."

17. If we should distinguish the Causes of our Fear, we shall find that some are real, and others only in Appearance: We fear not Death, but only the Thought of Death; for we are not farther from it at one Time than another.

Adjectivum in neutro Genere, &c.

AN Adjective, (such as, little, more, less, how much, any, none, and the like,) in the Neuter Gender, put absolutely (i. e. without a Substantive), sometimes requires a Genitive Case.

1. Avarice in old Age is most scandalous; for what can be more absurd, than, by how much the less Way remains in Life, to seek so much the more Provision?

2. There is so much Good in Friendship, that the Gifts, both of the Gods and Men, seem to join in the Perfection of it.

3. The less Delight a Man hath known in Life, the less he fears Death.

4. It is not right to judge of Things, before know what Truth there is in them.

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5. In War, Prudence and Skill is of more Consequence than Strength void of Counsel.

6. In War, it is of more Consequence, what Sort of Soldiers you command, than how many.

7. No one likes to ride an unbridled Horse: but there is more Danger from an unbridled Tongue.

8. When old Age comes, if it brings no other Evil with it, this one is sufficient: that by living long a Man sees many Things, he would wish not

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9. All our Care ought always to be thus applied: to do some Good, if we can; if not, to do no Evil.

10. Malicious Men will do Things by which themselves reap no Good; nay, often much Harm ; only that they may vex and grieve others.

11. You will find no Truth, no Certainty in the Things, which are extolled by common Fame.

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12. What Advantage is there in Life? nay rather, what Labor and Trouble is there not in it? 13. All Things pass away, but to return again: I see nothing new.

14. This is no Time for Idleness and Sloth.

15. How much Time and Leisure doth he gain, who is not curious to know what his Neighbour

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hath said or done; but only that what he doeth -himself shall be just and right.

16. We must not spend too much Time upon Recreations, but remember, that the End of Recreation is to fit us for Business, not to be itself a Business to us.

17. He is an improvident Husbandman, who, to save a little seed, sows so thin, as at Harvesttime, to have little or no Crop.

18. As full Ears load and lay the Corn, so doth too much good Fortune bend and break the Mind. 19. The less Art and Eloquence is used in telling a Story, the more likely it is to gain Belief.

20. From a numerous Attendance there is more Trouble and Danger, than useful Service.

21. He that thinks very highly of himself, expects much Submission and Observance from others; and is therefore angry when he thinks it is not sufficiently paid him.

22. It is great Folly to be proud of the Gifts of Fortune, for certainly they add no true Worth to the Man: somewhat of outward Pomp and Respect they may help him to, but that makes no Change in the Person.

23. We should often turn our Thoughts upon ourselves, and look into that Part of the Wallet, which men commonly sling behind their Backs, that they may not see their own Faults.

24. Death has this Good in it, that it puts an End to old Age.

Ponitur interdum Genitivus, &c.

Sometimes a Genitive Case stands alone by itself; the former Substantive, of which it is governed, being understood by the Figure Ellipsis.

1. Where lives your Bookseller? At the Lamb, not far from St. Paul's.

2. When you went last to Windsor, where did you dine? At the White Hart.

3. Yesterday my Father preached at St. Mary's, and on Sunday he will preach at the Temple. 4. No Possession is better than Friendship.

Duo Substantiva rei ejusdem, &c.

WHEN two Substantives come together, respecting the same Thing, or when the latter explains the Nature of the former, they are both put in the same Case, by what is called Apposition: as in the Example given, (Opes irritamenta malorum.) Irritamenta is put in Apposition with Opes, and shews the Nature of Riches, as an Instigation to all manner of Vice.

Note. Apposition is used alike in all Cases, where the Sign being may be put between the two Substantives

1. Forecast, an indisputable Good in human Life, is often by unnecessary Fears turned into Evil.

2. In the Conduct of Life, three Things are principally to be avoided; Hatred, Envy, and Contempt and how this may be done, Wisdom alone. can shew.

3. But by one Thing is the Mind perfected, the immutable Knowledge of Good and Evil, which belongs to Philosophy alone: no other Art concerns itself with it.

4. There are certain Inclinations within us, which will make us slow and lazy in some Affairs, and bold and rash in others: nor can this Rashness be restrained, nor this Sluggishness quickened, unless the Causes of them are extirpated, false Admiration and false Fear.

5. Frugality comprehends these three Virtues; Fortitude, Justice, and Prudence.

6. Brave Men are contented with Glory, the Reward of Virtue.

7. He is not to be reckoned among the Poor, who hath acquired to himself the good Arts, and honest Friends; the surest Provision for old Age.

8. Be not idle, but diligent in Business: the industrious Bees drive the Drone, a sluggish Creature, from their Hives.

9: Nature has bestowed upon Man Friendship, an Assistant to his Virtues, not the Companion of his Vices that as Virtue when unmated cannot arrive at Excellency, she may attain to it when paired and matched with another.

10. Obsequiousness must be attended with Politeness, but let Flattery, the Promoter of Vice, be far removed.

11. Envy an Attendant on Virtue, generally rails at good Men.

12. There are two Things which chiefly drive Men to villainous Actions; Luxury and Avarice. 13. Pleasure, the Mother of all Evil, yct pretends to what is good.