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"One of the works that most largely contributed to form the taste of

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[Beauty is truth, truth beauty.{--John Keats, "Ode on a a Grecian Urn,"

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brilliancy,* their number, or their excess; thus it happens that public

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cannot be forgiven." --Lord Chesterfield, Letter 195.]

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him to her party, which he afterwards followed. The course he took shut

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Confidence, 239, 365, 475, XLIX, R.1, R.IV.

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of universal application, they were based entirely on the experience of

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that which is light and almost innocent, which arises from warmth of

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precise, and delicate turn of expression. This was a merit which, before

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as its attachments, which, in sight of the extreme misfortunes which

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is, to a great measure, obscured. The only Englishman who could have

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has never been closely looked for.

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LXXIX.--Humility is the altar upon which God wishes that we should offer

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Strength of mind, 19, 20, 21, 504.

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know mankind by your experience, I know no thing nor no man that can

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make me use too much action. Such, candidly, I believe I am in outward

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--------, disguised, 282.

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foregoing collection.

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well as on the tongue.

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321.--We are nearer loving those who hate us, than those who love us

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and not have simply made him appear a courtier, weak, insincere,

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Maxims previously given, sometimes the author has carefully

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228.--Pride will not owe, self-love will not pay.

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Chevreuse, the Duchesse de Longueville, Madame de Sable, and Madame de

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his freedom of action. A man should not see himself, or he should see

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27.--People are often vain of their passions, even of the worst, but

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hatreds, some so monstrous that when they are brought to light it

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have stamped the features of his great enemy with the impress of infamy,

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219.--Most men expose themselves in battle enough to save their honor,

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treatment, and with the Duke of Beaufort, they formed a conspiracy

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should approve without prejudice what deserves to be approved, follow

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at another's expense. On the other side to be instructed or to receive

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XXIV.--The most subtle folly grows out of the most subtle wisdom. (1665,

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castles, which had made him dread even worse events. On the other side

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but perhaps I speak my opinion with almost too great freedom. Another

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Delicacy, 128, R.II.

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in our conversations and business that a man becomes dull or bright

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This Francois, the second Duc de la Rochefoucauld, Prince de Marsillac,

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answer for what we shall do. (1665, No. 70.)

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can say it is the good sense of pride, the most noble way of receiving

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returning to Paris, he warmly sided with the Queen. He says in his

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which suddenly suspends the most ardent pursuits and the most obstinate

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Ability, 162, 165, 199, 245, 283, 288. SEE Cleverness

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by the use he makes of them.

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Natural, to be, 431.

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The combined effect of his wounds and the gout caused the last years of

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than twelve years after the death of the author (17th May, 1680). The

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to listen much, to speak little, and to say nothing that will ever give

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inconsolable affliction. There is yet another kind of tears arising from

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There should be some variety in wit. Those who have only one kind of