awes them their Fate is like that of a Man who being press'd by drought goes down to the Nile to drink and there perceives a Crocodile the sight of which will not permit him to take Water The Grave alone can extinguish Lust It is better to starve than to wrong the Poor Meat is the Nutriment of the Body but Conversation is the Food of the Soul Those who are guilty of the most enormous Crimes are in some measure more tolerable than a proud Beggar Lyes last but a moment but Truth will endure for ever Princes are like Beauties the more Lovers a beautiful Lady has the greater is her Glory So the more numerous a Prince's Court is the more the Prince is esteem'd and respected Nothing can reflect more on any Man than to affirm a thing which is publickly known to be false The basest thing in Nature is to have the Power to do good and not to do it Good Manners ought to be the Ornament of Men and Gold the Ornament of Women If any Man reprehends you for your Faults be not angry at him but act the things he tells you Science is prejudicial to him who possesses it when it is not accompany'd with Wisdom and good Conduct Poison'd Victuals are preferrable to dangerous Discourses If you design not to be an ill Friend be not of a revengeful Temper There are six things on which we ought never to ground our Hopes The Shadow of a bare Cloud because it only passes The Friendship of disaffected Persons because it passes like Lightning The Love of Women because the least trifle extinguishes it Beauty because it tarnishes at last tho' never so accomplish'd False Praises because they signifie nothing And finally the Riches and Goods of this World because they waste and consume If you are desirous to live without Crosses do not fix your Affections on the World In order not to receive an Affront do not remove that which you have not plac'd A wicked Man who is happy is unworthy of his happiness If you would not have Men to discover your Faults never discover the Faults of others Combat against your self you will acquire the Tranquility of the Soul Do nothing out of Passion you will free your self from a long Repentance If you would be esteem'd by others esteem them In order to please every Body suit your Discourse according to every ones Inclination Never laugh without Cause for so to do is a double Folly Fine Raillery gives a relish to Conversation as Salt does to Meat Jest with your Equals lest you grow angry when they return you Jest for Jest Men take after those they frequent Never quarrel with any one Quarrels are below a Man of Honour None but Women and Children are allow'd to quarrel The Mâ—ney which is best employ'd is that which is 〈◊〉 out for God's sake The Remedy of an afflicted Heart is to submit to the Will of God If occasion obliges you to quarrel do not say all the Evil you know of him you are sallen out with do it in such a manner as to leave room sor an Accommodation Lust is the distemper of the Soul Words show the Wit of Man and his Actions show the bottom of his Heart It is harder to manage a good Estate well than to acquire it The presence of Friends causes a real and a lasting Joy A small Estate manag'd with Prudence is better than great Treasures ill employ'd The Elevation of Men without Merit is a vexation to honest Men. Great Expences bring in Poverty The greatness of Kings appears in the Administration of Justice Tranquility and Health are acquir'd by Labour Lend your Friend Money as seldom as you can to avoid the Vexation of asking for it again When you are oblig'd to lend him any suppose you give it him and never ask for it again but tarry till he gives it you Be moderate towards him who does you harm you will confound him The Consolation of those that are in Affliction is to see their Friends A Friend easily becomes an Enemy and when once he is an Enemy he can hardly become a Friend again We commonly prejudice Enterprises by applying our selves too earnestly and too eagerly to them The Pleasures we enjoy near Princes commonly scorch our Lips Eloquence is the source of Riches Impart what you have to those who deserve it but never covet what others injoy if you would be thought a very honest Man If you desire your Wife should be honest do not take her above your Condition A Father must be grave and serious with his Children that they may always fear him and never despise him Honour your Father your Son will honour you Beware of a Friend who loves your Enemy The Degree of Science is the highest of all the Degrees of Elevation You must break absolutely with Friends who break with you No Man is without Faults but yet endeavour to have none We must keep a fair Correspondence with the Wicked as well as with the Good because we sometimes stand in need of the assistance of the first as well as of the last The Joy of Life proceeds from a pure and clear Conscience A Drachma of Gold given to a poor Relation is more than a hundred Drachma's given to another who is not related to thee Measure every one according to his Measure You must be faithful and sincere in Friendship and live with your Friends as if you were to fall out with them at some time or other For ought you know they may turn Enemies at last 'T is easier for Science or Learning to perish than 't is easie for learn'd Men to die Frequent the World every one in proportion to his Merit The Peoples Devotion is Superstition The Poor ought never to contract a Friendship with those that are more powerful than themselves because those that are above us never love us Cordially Considering the Off-spring of Man 't is strange he should magnifie himself Every Man is sensible of the Good or Ill he does Never contract a Friendship with Self-interested Friends because they only aim at their own Interest and have no real Kindness Be ever diffident of two sorts of Men of a Potent Enemy and of a Dissembling Friend Whatever part of the World we are in we must always suffer Avoid making an Enemy who is greater than your self Never Railly those who are of an uneven Temper or giddy headed 'T is better to adorn the inside than the outside Whoever has no Friend is a stranger where-ever he goes Diffidence is a sign of Wisdom and of Prudence The Pleasures of this World are nothing but deceit If any ill Action be imputed to you take great care to clear your self of 〈◊〉 If you have any ordeâ— to execute do it alone and without a Companion to the end you may not fail in the execution and that you may have the approbation of him who has employ'd you If any one begs your Pardon for any
is accus'd Kings will admit no equals the Envious have no rest and Lyars act without any consideration Beware of great Men whom you have laugh'd at of a Fool when you have ralli'd him of a wise Man when you have offended him and of an ill Man when you have contracted a Friendship with him All the World cannot satisfie a covetous Man but a sober Man only desires Bread to satisfie Nature The Devil has no Power over the Good nor the Prince over the Mind of the Poor Three sorts of Men can get nothing that 's good from three others The Nobles from the Yeomen the Good from the Bad nor the Wise from the Ignorant The Affairs that are done by degrees are soon ended A Man is known by his Tongue as an ill 〈◊〉 is known by its lightness Whoever disputes with a wiser Man than himself to be thought Learned shows himself an Ass at last A Man ought to possess Science to that degree as to be able to show it at pleasure Prudence obliges to consider the end of all things The Service of Kings has a double Prospect the hope of making ones Fortune and the â—ear of loâ—ing ones Life but it does not consist with the Prudence of a wise Man to expose himself to such a â—ear for such a hope There are three things which are only known on three occasions Valour in War a wise Man in his Passion and a Friend in Adversity If any one begins to speak before you do not interrupt him tho' you know the thing better than he Do not publish the Vices of your Neighbour because you defame him and lessen your own Reputation He who cannot distinguish Good from Evil must be rank'd among Beasts He who tâ—aches Science and does not practise what he teaches is like him who ploughs and does noâ— sow It â—s possible to discover a Man 's acquir'd Parts in one Day but do not trust him as to what relates to his Morals because the wickedness of his Soul is not to be discover'd in many Years A weakly Man who undertakes to sight with one who is stronger than himself enables his Enemy to destroy him Whoever does not hearken to good Advice must expect to be reprehended Science is increas'd by Experience and Lyes are augmented by believing them too easily The wise Man who holds his Tongue says more than the Fool who speaks Wisdom only appears by the opposition of Folly and of Stupidity We are Slaves to a publish'd Secret but a Secret is our Slave as long as we conceal it Apply your self to the search of Science from your Candle to your Death The wise Man who happens to be among Fools must expect no honour from them Nothing is more difficult than to know ones self It is no wonder if the Ignorant sometimes get the better of wise Men by their Prattle Emrod wears out precious Stones The Understanding that is offuscated by Lust may be compar'd to a Husband who is govern'd by his Wife The Wise must not easily excuse the Levities of the common People because they prove ill for both The Authority of the Wise is lessen'd by it and the common People are thereby confirm'd in their Disorders Whoever praises ill Actions is apt to commiâ— them The love of the World and of Riches is the source of all Evils Heaven has granted all Men wherewith to live but on condition that they shall work to get it Shame hinders us from obtaining what we desire We forget the Name of him whose Bread we have not eaten while he was alive In an ill Year we must never ask the Poor how it fares with them unless we design to relieve them The best Conduct in great Assemblies is to say nothing against any ones Sentiments The Good are joyful in the midst of their Poverty and the Wicked are sad in the midst of their abundance A senseless Man is known by six different Marks First In being angry without a cause Secondly In saying things which signifie nothing Thirdly In trusting all sorts of Men. Fourthly In changing when he has no reason to change Fifthly In being troubled at what does not concern him And Lastly In not being able to distinguish a Friend from an Enemy The School-Boy who learns against his will is like a Lover who has no Money The Traveller who wants good Sense like a Bird without Wings A learned Man who does not practise what he knows like a Tree without Fruit And a Priest without Learning like a House without a Door It does not suit with good Sense to take a doubtful Remedy nor to travel without a Caravan in an unknown Country True Riches consist in being contented with what one has and the worst part of Poverty is not to bear it with Patience We vainly expect five things from five different sorts of Men A Present from the Poor Service from the Negligent Success from an Enemy Advice from the Envious and true Love from a Woman We ruine our selves two different ways by excessive Wealth and by a great itch of Talking Be not over pressing to inform your self of what you may know at some time or other of your self because it prejudices the good Opinion Men have of you He is no Man who suffers himself to be govern'd by Anger Suit your Words to the Capacity of those yoâ— speak to Those are Rich who are contented with what God allows them A little Beauty is preferrable to a great deal of Wealth Whoever frequents the Wicked wrongs his Reputation tho' he be not yet corrupted by their Company It is with him as with one who frequents Taverns no Body says that he prays there but that he drinks Wine Moderation must be consider'd like a Tree the Root of which is to be contented and the Fruit to be at rest The Poor whose end is happy is preferrable to a King whose end proves unfortunate A wise Man ought never to reprehend a Fault he is apt to commit himself Heaven gives Rain to Earth but in return Earth only sends up Dust to Heaven 'T is because a Vessel can yield no more than it contains The Pleasure of this World consists in having Necessaries and not Supeâ—fluities Those who are too much delighted with the World fall into Evil. Friendship increases in visiting Friends but in visiting them seldom None are fit to Counsel Kings but such as are not afraid of losing their life and who expect nothing from them He wrongs himself most who is submissive to him who has no regard for him and who maintains a Friendship which is of no use to him Do not suffer those to pass before you who do not know your Merit He who will not for a while patiently suffer the trouble of Learning remains long in the obscurity of Ignorance Man is the noblest of all Creatures and the Dog the most despicable Nevertheless it must be granted that a grateful Dog is more estimable than an ingrateful Man Noble
Emperors by an Ambassador By what Methods he became so firm and stable in his Empire The Emperor answered him We employ none but such Persons as are experienc'd in the Administration of our Affairs we promise nothing but what we perform we punish no Body according to the Height of our own Passion but according to the Merit of their Crime we give Employments to none but Persons of Quality and take Advice from none but Persons of good Sense 152. That same Nouschirvan would have this engraved upon his Tomb All that we have sent before us is our Treasure and he that would rather reward Evil than Good is not worthy to live quietly Observation By that Expression All that we have sent before us Nouschirvan meant all his Good Works 153. Plato said that Hunger is a Cloud which rains Knowledg and Eloquence and Satiety is another Cloud which rains Ignorance and Dulness He said further When the Belly is empty the Body becomes Spirit but when it is full the Spirit becomes Body He said moreover That the Soul finds its rest in sleeping a little the Heart in few Disquiets and the Tongue in Silence Observation I don't know that those remarkable Words of Plato are to be read in his Works or that they are to be found in any of our Antient Authors I found them in a Collection of different Matters in Arabian Persian and the Turkish Language which I brought from Constantinople He who collected them cites his Author whence he had every Article except in some places as in this which I think worthy of its room here 154. A Poet read some Verses to an Emir which he had made in his Praise and as he read them the Emir said That is well that is well The Poet finished his Reading but the Emir said nothing else to him Upon which Silence the Poet told him you say that is well that is well but that won't buy Meal Observation By the Name of Emir we are to understand the General of an Army or Governour of a Province 155. One told Alexander the Great that a certain Prince whom he had not yet conquered was able and experienced in Martial Affairs and that therefore it were advisable to surprize and attaque him by Night To which he replied What will People say of me if I overcome him as a Robber 156. One demanded of a wise Man What a Friend was He answered That it is a Word which hath no Signification 157. The Sage Locman being on his Death-bed sent for his Son and as he gave him his Blessing said to him My Son that which I would more especially recommend to you now in the last Moments of my Life is to observe six Maxims which comprehend all the Morals of the Antients and Moderns Never engage your self to the World but in proportion to the short Duration of your Life Serve the Lord your God with all that Zeal that the Occasions which you have of his Help does require Labour for Eternity which abides you and consider the Time of its Duration Do your utmost to rid your self of Contention whence one can never get out again after they have been once thrown headlong into it If you be in haste to commit Sin consider before-hand what Strength you have to bear the Fire of Hell and the Chastisement of God When you have a mind to sin seek for a Place where God cannot see you Observation The Eastern People have a Collection of Tables under the Name of Locman whom they call the Wise and give much the same Account of him that the Greeks do of Aesop but they do neither agree as to the Time when he flourish'd nor his Country some hold that he was one of the Patriarchs and Job's Sister 's Son others write that he was contemporary with David and was 30 Years at his Court but most say that he was an Abyssine and by Consequence a Black and Slave to a Merchant And all agree that he was a Man of consummate Prudence and Wisdom and endued with an extraordinary Quickness of Wit His Tomb is according to them at Remlah the same that we call Ramah in the Holy Land betwixt Jerusalem and Joppa Mahomet speaks of him in the 31st Chapter or otherwise the 31st Sourate of the Alcoran which is called the Sourate of Locman 158. Locman being ask'd from whom he learn'd his Vertue answered From those that had none for I abstain'd from every thing that I observ'd vitious in their Actions 159. Ali recommended to his Sons Hassan and Hussein to practise the following Directions My Children says he never despise any Man look upon your Superiours as your Fathers upon your Equals as Brethren and Inferiours as Children 160. Hagiage who was afterwards Governour of Arabia besieged the City of Mecca and Abdullah the Son of Zebir defended the same who being reduced to Extremity and perceiving that he was in hazard to be taken by Storm retired to his own Habitation Whereupon his Mother said to him Son if you sight for a good Cause it cannot be maintain'd but by your Sword return then to the Battel and consider that you fall a Martyr if you be slain Abdullah answered Mother I am not afraid of Death but hate to have my Head cut off after I am dead His Mother replied Son the Sheep after its Throat is cut feels no Pain when it 's roasted Observations After the Death of Caliph Maavia Son to Iczid this Abdullah possessed himself of Mecca with its Dependancies and several other Countries and maintain'd himself above nine Years till he was killed in the last Assault at taking of the Place After his Death Hagiage cut off his Head which he sent to Medina and affixed his Body to a Cross This Siege of Mecca and the Death of Abdullah happen'd in the 71st of the Hegira and the 690th Year of Christ The Mahometans never make War but some way or other Religion is concern'd in it and therefore they look upon all those who are killed as Martyrs 161. The Caliph Mehdi Father of Caliph Haroun Erreschid was in the Temple of Mecca and said to a certain Mansour â—f you want any thing ask it of me The Mansour answered It would be a Shame for me to ask any thing that I needed from any other but God in the Temple of God Observation According to the Mahometan Tradition the Temple of Mecca was the first Temple consecrated to God and they will have it to have been built by Adam and rebuilt afterward by Abraham and Ishmael and therefore they make it one of the five Precepts of their Religion to go thither in Pilgrimage 162. The Caliph Haroun Erreschid having a mind to reward Bakht Jeschoua who cur'd him of an Apoplexy made him his Physician and allowed him the same Salary that he did to the Captain of his Guards saying The latter guards my Body but Bakht Jeschoua guards my Soul Observation Bakht Jeschoua is the same with George the
Man's want of sence better than silence Sence is the richest of all Possessions We create many Friends by the mildness of our Conversation Vanity proceeds from want of Judgment Revenge does not argue greatness of Soul Science in a Child is a Diadem and Wisdom a golden Collar Those are absolutely wretched who sink under the weight of Misfortunes Those who love Virtue do not always practise it and those who practise it do not do it with all the Perfection that is necessary Clownishness and Incivility breed Discord even among Relations The Heart of the Foolish is in his Mouth and the Tongue of the Wise is in his Heart He that abandons himself heedlesly to his hopes runs to his own ruine Envy has no rest When you receive favours do not make your self unworthy of them for want of Gratitude The desire of Vengeance is an invincible obstacle to live happy and contented When you have an advantage over your Enemy forgive him to express your acknowledgments to Heaven for that advantage You deprive your self of the Honour you receive by a Friend's Visit in not receiving him kindly It is not safe to rely on the Word of a cross ill-natur'd Man When you are joyful you need desire no other revenge on him who envies your happiness than the mortification he receives by it How advantageous is Science to him who possesses it since it is of so great a value that it is not to be purchas'd by Money Three things sooner or later undo a Man his Wife when another possesses her Heart a Snake in his Bosom and a heedless Friend Nothing obtains Pardon sooner than Repentance 'T is a folly to appear before a Judge without being call'd 't is a greater yet to speak without being question'd and that which is worse than either is to boast of being learn'd The most dangerous Illness is want of good sence Of all Vices Vanity and Litigiousness are those which Men least correct themselves of Our discourse occasions the Good or Evil which happens to us It is not amiss to make Visits but we must not do it so often as to give those we visit cause to say it is enough It is an affront to reprehend any body before Company Few words are a sign of perfect Wisdom Humility is a powerful means to obtain what we love The true Service of God in a Prince is to remain within his bounds to maintain Treaties to be contented with what he has and patiently to suffer the privation of what he has not In obliging one to ask Pardon a second time we remember that we have been abus'd A General who Acts is more necessary than a General who Speaks Nothing is so like Flowers planted on a Dunghil as the Favours we bestow on Ignorant or mean Persons Whatever Community Company or Society you are in never engage your self on any thing relating to Publick Affairs seeing that if you succeed the Company will attribute it to themselves and if you have no success every one will impute the fault to you When Men suffer Impatiently Vexations and Troubles cause far more torment than when they suffer with Patience When the Soul is ready to take its flight what matters it whether we dye upon the Throne or upon the Duâ—t The more our Enemies Malice is conceal'd the more it behoves us to be diffident of it Take Example by those who have preceded you and strive to do Good Be not negligent and then others will not be negligent towards you Take and give with Equity We need not wonder that those who desire and seek after things which are not proper for them fall into unexpected Misfortunes Wealth remains no longer in the hands of Liberal Persons than Patience in the Heart of a Lover and Water in a Sieve As soon as a Man delights in hearing Slanders he is of the number of the Slanderers What Men suffer for this World covers the Heart with darkness but what they suffer for the World to come fills it with light Fortune and Glory have so strict a relation together that he who has no Fortune has no Glory The greatest Tranquility we can enjoy is that which we enjoy when we desire nothing Men seldom obtain what they desire when they prosecute it with too much eagerness Why do you upbraid me with the Sin I have committed since God forgives it me He who drives a Jest too far never fails of being hated or despis'd The Man who truly deserves the Title of Man is known by the following Marks Whatever accident befals him he remains Immovable he is humble in Greatness he discovers no weakness in occasions which require Courage he aims at nothing but Honour and Reputation and if he be not Learned at least he is a Lover of Learning The Condition of him who obeys his Passions is worse than that of a miserable Slave The Conqueror must be satisfied with his Victory and forgive the Vanquish'd We often labour hard to succeed in an Affair which creates nothing but Trouble in the sequel An Officer who has lost his Place must behave himself as if he enjoy'd it still Those are free who desire nothing but those are Slaves who rely on their Hopes Learn Sciences before you Marry The Council of the Wise stands in lieu of Predictions He who observes what passes in the World takes Example by it either to do good or to avoid the defects he observes in it Tho' you had two hundred excellent Qualifications in you they would prove useless if Fortune be against you The most vexatious of all Affairs is to have Enmity Endeavour to get sincere Friends that you may live under the shadow of their Protection they will add to your Joy in Prosperity and will comfort you in Adversity We do not know what we do when our Heart is wounded Be sincere tho' your sincerity were to cost your Life Men are Wise proportionably to the good Education they have had Do not trust you will live in Liberty Modesty forsakes us as soon as we abandon our selves to unlawful Pleasures The Wise practice three things particularly They forsake the World before the World forsakes them They build their Tombs before it is time to enter into them and do all things in order to be agreeable to God before they come before him Whoever Commands those who are below him too Imperiously often finds a Master who Commands him in the like manner Do not Sin you will have the less Grief at the hour of your Death It is scarce impossible not to succeed in what we undertake when we advise before hand Take care what Family you contract an Alliance with in marrying your Son because the Root communicates its Illness to the Stem and to the Branches Those who have a consideration for and behave themselves justly towards every body succeed in their Undertakings Greediness occasions Poverty but those are Rich who desire nothing Too much Familiarity breeds detraction and Friends are
baseness to be hankering after other Peoples Estates Prudence in Hero's ought to go before Valour Treâ—ties Contracts and Promises are of no furâ—her avail than the sincerity of Mens Intentions to keep and observe them Unruly desires never attain to what they aspire at We know Men of Courage upon dangerous occasions a Man of Conscience and Integrity upon our desiring him to return the Pledge we committed to his charge and Friends in Necessity A Slave to his Passions deserves more to be despised than a Slave that is bought with our Money The envious is always enraged against him that hath not offended him Be always Humble in whatsoever station you shall find your self We oft-times busie our selves about that which is prejudicial to us In what House soever you come be sure be Master of your Eyes and your Tongue Before you speak think on what is possible to be objected against you We are free without Hope and Hope is a slave We ought to be very moderate upon two occasions in our Eating and in our Speaking A Friend whose Friendship is interessed is like to a Hunter that flings down Corn for his own private Interest and not to feed Birds with Do not procure to others what you believe will be of no advantage to your self Neither Communicate your Secrets to Women nor young Persons Miserable and Cursed are those whose thoughts are wholly taken up in heaping Riches together for they dye at last and then they leave them with regret Do not you take upon you to teach what you have not learn'd your self Hold no long Discourses with Persons above you He that is not helped by his Inferiors is vanquish'd by those above him Death is the Poor's repose In Travelling take care how you go first unless you be in Company An Action that is wicked at the bottom and only good in outward appearance is esteemed but for a time but the value that Men have for an Action that is really good lasts for ever It is better to go leisurely and rest now and â—hen than to run full drive and lose our strength by making over-much speed Why do we repent a second time of an Action that we have already repented of Why do we imagine that we live when we do not live independantly on any Why do you contract Friendship with Persons that have no Merit Such neither deserve any ones Friendship nor Enmity Do Justice to others that so they may do the like to you If you would acquire Authority with ease be Complaiâ—ant If you desire to have your own Merit owned acknowledge the Merit of others To be accomplish'd you should not approve that in others which you don't approve in your self Agreeable Raillery has the same effect in Conversation as Salt in our Victuals but Raillery that is piâ—quant begets aversion Don't rally with those below you lest you lose the respect which they owe you but only with your Equals that so you may not be confounded if they return Railery for Railery The most excellent of all Moral Virtues is to have a low esteem of our selves It has this advantage in it that it attracts not the Envy of others Never give Advice unless you are ask'd especially to those who are not capable to receive it Speak of good things and then you shall hear nothing but what is good Be not prodigal of your Benefactions to those who are not recommendable for any good Qualities for it will be the same thing as if you sow'd in barren Heaths When you have no Learned Persons near you from whom you may learn learn from the Ignorant by observing their Defects to avoid falling into them An Ignorant Person is not a Man and the Learned without Virtue is not Learned Make your self esteem'd by the reputation of speaking Truth that so if necessity should oblige you to tell a Lie Men will yet believe that you have told the Truth A pleasant Lie is preferrable to a Truth one knows not how to swallow Man ought to speak because it is Speech that distinguishes him from a Beast but in speaking he ought to know what he says that so he may be accouâ—ted a Man of Wit Say what you know in proper time and place but do not speak it out of time lest you dishonour Knowledge Whisper to none in Company tho' you tell them very good things because naturally Men are apt to be Jealous one of another Tho' you be Learned nevertheless think your self Ignorant that you may not hinder your self of the advantage of being able to learn Tho' he that speaks much may be wise sometimes yet notwithstanding he passes in the World for a Blockhead and an Impertinent busie body Whatever Perfections you have do not boast of them because Men will not believe you on your own Word Be not weary of hearing for we learn to speak by hearing others How securely do those sleep that are the Favourites of Kings Why don't we call him an Enemy that sees and suffers his Benefactor to be ill treated We may live well enough without a Brother but we can't live without a Friend What Friends soever you have yet don't neglect your self For tho' you should have a Thousand none of them loves you more than you ought to love your self As Kings are above all so their Words and Actions ought to surpass the Words and Actions of all that so they may have the reputation of Greatness added to their just Title The Character of a Wise Man consists in three things to do himself what he says others ought to do to do nothing contrary to Justice and Equity and to bear with his Neighbour's Defects The greatest of Obligations is that of a Scholar towards his Master Force consists not in utterly destroying an Enemy but in subduing his Irascible Appetite Do not rejoice at the Death of any one for you will not live always and you will die as do others He who is a Friend to the Good hath nothing to fear from the Wicked Two things cause Affliction a sorrowful Friend and a joyful Enemy Have no Intimacy with eight sorts of Persons with an Envious Man with him who shall have no regard for you with one that is Ignorant a Madman a Covetous Man a Lyar a mean Fellow nor with a Calumniator Life is a Sleep and Death is the time of waking out of it and Man marches between them both as a Phantosme The Liberal Man is beloved of God acceptable to Men near to Paradice and far remote from the Flames of Hell How much kindness soever you have shewn your Wife how long soever she has boarded and bedded with you yet after you are dead tho your Carcass be not then laid in the Grave she is thinking where and how she may have another Husband Hatred between Relations is worse than the bite of a Scorpion The pain which this latter causes is soon over but the hatred of the other is seldom if ever at an end