mean only Peter, and is connected with the former Clause by the Copulative ne.

As therefore, when him, it, them, may be turned into himself, itself, themselves, you must use some Case of the Primitive sui; só when his, theirs, its, may be turned into his own, their own, its own, you must use some Case of the Possessive suus, and not is, ille, or iste.

1. It is a hard Matter to cure those who will not be persuaded they are sick.

2. A Man may as well wonder that he should be sick at Sea, cold in Winter, hot in Summer, as that ill Accidents and Crosses should happen to him in the Passage of human Life.

3. It is true, the People who think the rich Man happy, wish they were in his Condition; but can any Condition be worse than that, which carries along with it Vexation and Envy?

4. The very best and wisest of Men confess they are ignorant of many Things, and that there are many Things to be learned by them.

5. The wise Men say, that the Man who professes he is the Guardian of others, ought first to take care of himself.

6. In the best Arts, which either adorn or preserve Life, he that thinks he owes nothing more than what he bargained for, is ungrateful.

7. The ungrateful Man tortures himself: he hates a Gift conferred upon him, because he must make a Return, and consequently undervalues it; but augments and magnifies an Injury.

8. He is truly obliging and liberal, who is forgetful of his own Poverty, while he regards mine; who hath not only a Will to assist, but a Desire;

who thinks he receives a Benefit, when he confers one; who gives, as not to receive again, and receives, as if he had not given; who seeks an Opportunity to do good, and makes use of it.

9. Let this Maxim be established in Friendship: never to require our Friends to do any Thing that is wicked; or obey them if they require us for it is a shameful Excuse, and not to be accepted, for a Man to urge, when he has been guilty of an Offence, that he did it on account of his Friend.

10. A Man must have Respect to the End, as well as to the Beginning of his Benefits: there are many who will say,-I know this will do him no Good, let him look to it: he will complain of himself, not of me :-But this is false, he will complain of you, and not unjustly, when he returns to a right Mind, and the Passion, that inflamed his Mind, is gone off.

11. The whole Kingdom prays you, not to forsake it in its Distress, but to protect it in its Dangers.

12. Who is there so mean, as that he had rather he and all his should perish, than contribute Part of his Fortune for himself and others?

13. Men are generally so unreasonable, so forgetful of what they are, and whither they are going, that they are amazed they should lose any Thing, though it is certain they must one Day lose all.

14. I am a Fool in requiring to command my Master he brought me to be obedient to his Word, and not to be his Commander.

15. He that loves his Jest better than his Friend, may have his Jest, but lose his Friend.

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16. All Nature desires to be its own Guardian, both that it may be safe, and preserved in its kind.

17. Every one thinks what he has is the best: there scarce ever was an Orator, or Poet, who thought another better than himself.

18. Virtue is pleasant to those who use it: from whence it is strange, that some Men should be hired to live well, when Virtue itself is abundantly its own Reward.

19. Luxury is continually inventing some new Thing, which must at last be its Ruin.

20. Malice drinks the greatest Part of its own Poison: The Venom of Serpents is not like this; for they throw it out for the Destruction of others, but retain it without any Prejudice to themselves : whereas this is most destructive to the Possessor himself.

Hæc demonstrativa, &c.

THESE Demonstratives, hic, iste, and ille, are thus distinguished: Hic shews the Person nearest to me (the Speaker); Iste the Person nearest to you (spoken to); and Ille the Person who is at a Distance from both.

1. This Gentleman I greatly respect, for he is my Tutor; and that, who sits by you, I love, for he is my Brother; but he, that walks yonder, claims not only my bare Respect and Love, but every Thing that comes under the Name of Duty, for he is my Father.

Hic et ille, &c.

WHEN hic and ille are referred to two Substantives (Things or Persons) going before, Hic (this, the one) is generally referred to the latter of the two Substantives; and ille (that, the other) to the former; and they agree with them.

1. Reverence the Gods religiously, not only in doing Sacrifice, but in keeping your Oaths: for that is a Sign of a large Fortune, this an Argument of Integrity.

2. Place me among Princes, or among Beggars; that shall not make me proud, nor this ashamed. 3. Use yourself not to be of a stern, but of a composed Countenance: for this will be imputed to Prudence, that to Insolence.

4. A Man had better fall in with Crows, than with Flatterers: for these devour the Living, but those the Dead.

5. The Difference between Splendor and Light, is, that this hath its own certain Origin, but that shines with borrowed Rays.

6. As there is a great Difference between Avarice and Wealth; inasmuch as that covets, and this is coveted; so there is between Philosophy and Wisdom; inasmuch as this is the Effect, and the Reward of the other: the one is the Road, and the other is the End of the Journey.

7. The Vulgar are restrained from sinning by the Laws: the Philosopher takes Reason for Laws; doing that which is right, not because the Law commands it; and refraining from Wickedness,

not because the Law forbids it; but because he knows that is right in itself, and this in itself is scandalous.

8. It is the part of a great Mind, to contemn Grandeur, and rather to wish for a Competency, than a Store of Wealth: for that is useful, and this, in being superfluous, is prejudicial; as too great Plenty lays the Corn, and Branches are broken down by their own Load.

The Construction of VERBS. I. The Nominative Case after the Verb. Verba substantiva, &c.

VERBS Substantive, (or Verbs that signify being; as, sum, forem, fio, existo) and certain Passive Verbs, (as, nominor, appellor, dicor, vocor, nuncupor, salutor; also habeor, existimor, videor, nascor, putor,) have a Nominative, or other Case after them, the same as before them: because both Cases belong to the same Thing or Person; and the latter Case seems rather to be put in Apposition with the former, than to be governed by the Verb.

1. Religion is the Foundation and Support of Morality. Anger is a short Madness.

2. The Virtue of Prosperity is Temperance; the Virtue of Adversity is Fortitude.

3. Liberality is a Virtue, by which a Man, out of his own private Fortune, ransoms Captives,