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action In an orator the first, 

 second, and third qualification. 



Love the man who confesses his 

 modesty; but hate him who ac- 

 cuses it. 



A confidence in carriage soon- 

 est unites affections. 



Give me a reserved countenance 

 and open conversation. 



Confidence is the fool's empress 

 and the wise man's buffoon. 



Boldness is a kind of dulncss, 

 joined with a perverseness. 



For 



CEREMONIES 



Against 



A graceful deportment is the 

 true ornament of virtue. 



If we follow the vulgar in the 

 use of words, why not in habit and 

 gesture? 



He who observes not decorum 

 in smaller matters may be a great 

 man, but is unwise at times. 



Virtue and wisdom, without all 

 respect and ceremony, are, like 

 foreign languages, unintelligible 

 to the vulgar. 



He who knows not the sense of 

 the people, neither by congruity 

 nor observation, is senseless. 



Ceremonies are the translation 

 of virtue into our own language. 



What can be more disagreeable 

 than in common life to copy the 

 stage? 



Ingenuous behavior procures 

 esteem, but affectation and cun- 

 ning, hatred. 



Better a painted face and curled 

 hair, than a painted and curled 

 behavior. 



He is incapable of great matters 

 who breaks his mind with trifling 

 observations. 



Affectation is the glossy cor- 

 ruption of ingenuity. 



For CONSTANCY Against 



Constancy, like a churlish por- 

 teress, turns away many useful in- 

 formations. 



It is just that constancy should 

 endure crosses, for it commonly 

 brings them. 



The shortest folly is the best 



Constancy is the foundation of 

 virtue. 



He is miserable who has no 

 notion of what he shall be. 



If human judgment cannot be 

 constant to things, let it at least 

 be true to itself. 



Even vice is set off by con- 

 stancy. 



Inconstancy of fortune with in- 

 constancy of mind makes a dark 

 scene. 



Fortune, like Proteus, is 

 brought to herself by persisting. 



For CRUELTY Against 



He who delights in blood is 

 either a wild beast or a fury. 



No virtue is so often delinquent 

 as clemency. 

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