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neglect no means to correct myself of it; but as a certain gloomy air I

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120.--We often act treacherously more from weakness than from a fixed

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VIII. and Louis XII., and stood at the font as sponsor, giving his name

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By Francois Duc De La Rochefoucauld, Prince de Marsillac

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giving up the good on condition that no ill was said of us.

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or the other. He is incapable of envy or avarice, whether from virtue or

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which absorbs all, has obliterated what sorrow they had, they still

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n'appartient qu'a M. de la Rochefoucauld de dire tout en un mot que

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defects of the mind."--Sterne, Tristram Shandy, vol. I., chap. ii.]

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or four times. It seems to me that my melancholy would be even endurable

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well. I write well in prose; I do well in verse; and if I was envious of

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than from passion. Whence it is that bold and pushing men succeed better

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affairs, he formed the centre of one of those remarkable French literary

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despising it. The first is common enough, the last I think always

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afflicted person, and I really believe that one should do all one can to

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["Prosperity do{th} best discover vice, but adversity do{th} best

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140.--If it was not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be

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LX.--Not to love is in love, an infallible means of being beloved.

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him off from all chance of Court favour. The King regarded him with

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jealous. (See Maxim 359.)

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XLIX.--The confidence we have in ourselves arises in a great measure

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[According to Segrais this maxim was a hit at Racine and Boileau, who,

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should take great care where we draw the line. There is a species of

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were prevented from coming to blows even there. It is even said that

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are happy from possessing what we like, not from possessing what others

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236.--It would seem that even self-love may be the dupe of goodness

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follows upon haughtiness, or a fear of losing what we have. (1665, No.

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man has wit, has much wit, that he is a great wit; there are tones and

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alterius spectare laborem."]

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Lord Chesterfield, in his letters to his son, says, "Till you come to

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Studies, why new ones are pleasing, 178.

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more perfect than art could possibly do.

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[Thus wisdom is only hypocrisy, says a commentator. This definition of

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character, a power unrivalled, except by St. Simon and perhaps by Lord

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imitate the poets, and to call her the Daughter of Heaven, since they

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249.--There is no less eloquence in the voice, in the eyes and in the

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*In all the French editions this book is spoken of as

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politicians as the effect of great designs, instead of which they are

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331.--It is more difficult to be faithful to a mistress when one is

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following their duty, there would be nothing false in their taste or in

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makes brave men show more tact and address in avoiding death, than

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the consideration which ought to exist between persons who have to live

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Section II, paragraph 5}.]

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------ in love, 274.

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491.--Extreme avarice is nearly always mistaken, there is no passion

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Beauty, 240, 474, 497, LI.

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feigned. Yet everything that could be has been written to persuade us

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barristers vainly repeat the style of the Chancellor and how many female

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The agreement we meet between minds would not keep society together for

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399.--There is a kind of greatness which does not depend upon fortune: