36 JEROME CARDAN. 



Chapter the Ninth. ON PRUDENCE TOWARDS 



CHILDREN. 



Children chiefly follow the nature and constitution of 

 their mother. 



* Never let your children have a stepmother ; if you do, 

 never put faith in her as their accuser. 



* Educate a bastard as if he were legitimate, for he is 

 your own blood. 



* Trust schoolmasters to teach your children, not to feed 

 them. 



* You owe to your children agreeable names, know- 

 ledge of a useful art, good manners, instruction in music, 

 arithmetic, and writing. 



Chapter the Tenth. ON PRUDENCE WITH REGARD TO 

 WEALTH. 



Wealth comes by inheritance, by favour of princes, by 

 the laborious exercise for payment of a difficult art. 



* He who wishes to grow rich should undertake no 

 journeys except for certainty of gain. 



Do not waste or despise wealth : it is the instrument of 

 all good. 



Never display money or jewels. 



Know how to be mastered and to lose ; sometimes that 

 is profitable. 



Count your gold twice, weigh it, and ring it. 



