ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING 



29V 



For 



Distrust is the sinew of prudence, 

 and suspicion a strengthener of the 

 understanding. 



That sincerity is justly suspected 

 which suspicion weakens. 



Suspicion breaks a frail integrity, 

 but confirms a strong one. 



For 



SUSPICION Against 



Suspicion breaks the bonds of trust. 

 To be overrun with suspicion is a 

 kind of political madness. 



Nothing is concealed from a silent 

 man, for all is safely deposited with 

 him. 



He who easily talks what he knows, 

 will also talk what he knows not. 



Mysteries are due to secrets. 



TACITURNITY Against 



From a silent man all things are 

 concealed, because he returns noth 

 ing but silence. 



Change of customs keeps men secret. 



Secrecy is the virtue of a confessor. 



A close man is like a man unknown. 



For 



To abstain and sustain are nearly 

 the same virtue. 



Uniformity, concords, and the meas 

 ure of motions, are things celestial and 

 the characters of eternity. 



Temperance, like wholesome cold, 

 collects and strengthens the force of 

 the mind. 



&quot;When the senses are too exquisite 

 and wandering, they want narcotics, 

 so likewise do wandering affections. 



TEMPERANCE Against 



I like not bare negative virtues; 

 they argue innocence, not merit. 



The mind languishes that is not 

 sometimes spirited up by excess. 



I like the virtues which produce the 

 vivacity of action, not the dulness of 

 passion. 



The sayings, &quot;Not to use, that you 

 may not desire&quot; ; &quot;Not to desire, that 

 you may not fear,&quot; etc., proceed from 

 pusillanimous and distrustful natures. 



For 



He who seeks his own praise at the 

 same time seeks the advantage of 

 others. 



He who is so strait-laced as to 

 regard nothing that belongs to others, 

 will perhaps account public affairs im 

 pertinent. 



Such dispositions as have a mixture 

 of levity, more easily undertake a pub 

 lic charge. 



For UNCHASTITY 



VAINGLORY Against 



The vainglorious are always fa 

 cetious, false, fickle, and upon the 

 extreme. 



Thraso is Gnatho s prey. 



It is shameful in a lover to court 

 the maid instead of the mistress, but 

 praise is only virtue s handmaid. 



It is jealousy that makes chastity 

 a virtue. 



Against 



Incontinence is one of Circe s worst 

 transformations. 



