Two things are necessary for a merchant; money in the purse, and credit on the burse.

XXVII.

No causes are warrantable for the undertaking of a war, if justice be not one of the quorum. For the justice of the action is the cape of good-hope, by which men sail to the assured harbour of safety, and fortunate islands of victory and glory.

XXVIII.

Credulity is rather a fault than an offence,

for it hurteth no man but itself.

As he that is friend to all, is true friend to none; so that which hath many heads, hath no head at all. A multitude is this manyheaded monster, which hath neither head for brains, nor brains for government.

xxx.

It is in nature as in government, nothing is permanent that is violent.

XXXI.

Five things are required in a Generalknowledge, valour, foresight, authority, and fortune.

ΧΧΧΙΙ.

Sparing is a good revenue to a private man; but to a prince nothing is worse beseeming his honour, nor indeed more prejudicial to his affairs.

XXXIII.

That man's happiness is greatest, who hath been in a miserable condition: for he tasteth the double sweet of recollecting his misery, and enjoying his present felicity. So, on the contrary, the greatest misery is to have been happy.

XXXIV.

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A ludicrous writer compares a lady's tongue to a race-horse, which runs the fafter the less weight it carries.

XXXV.

GUILT is progressive-the first step is seldom the last. How cautious, therefore, ought we to be of the first inlets of vice.

DR. V. KNOX'S WORKS..

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Y reciprocal attentions, we are enabled to become beneficial without expence. A smile, an affable address, a look of approbation, are often capable of giving a greater pleasure than pecuniary benefits can bestow...

II.

There is perhaps, no method of improving the mind more efficacious, and certainly none more agreeable, than a mutual interchange of sentiments-but the generality of modern conversation turns on dogs and horses-Literature is voted dulness-Morality, preachingPhilosophy, nonsense-and Religion, hypocrisy;-and in the lower ranks of mankind, we must not expect refinement.

III.

Controversial writing on the subject of re

ligion is unfavourable to true piety.

IV.

Acts of pure Christian Charity, unmixed with ostentation, leave a relish behind them, which few gratifications equal or resemble.

V.

With our utmost endeavours, both Reason and Divinity inform us, we shall be at last greatly defective. Whither then shall we fly for succour? whither shall we turn to find that which shall support our weakness, and supply our defects? Philosophy is often vain, but Religion never. To the DEITY we must have

recourse.

VI.

The mind, when free from natural defects and acquired corruption, feels no less a tendency to the indulgence of devotion than to virtuous love, or any other of the more refined and exalted affections. To preserve a devotional taste, we must preserve our sensibility; and nothing will contribute so much to this purpose, as a life of temperance, innocence, and simplicity.

VII.

Self-Esteem, founded on rational principles, is one of the first requisites to a happy life.

VIII.

Though we allow fashion to dictate without control the exact dimensions of a buckle or a head-dress, yet a regard for the honour and happiness of human nature induces us to dispute her sovereign authority in those things on which depend the manners and sentiments of a rising generation.

IX.

Give any thing a bad name, and the majority of mankind will abominate it without examination, merely in consequence of the first impression, which they hastily received from a misapplied appellation.