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that riches without them do not make any man happy. But let 

 me tell you, that riches with them remove many fears and cares ; 

 and therefore my advice is, that you endeavor to be honestly- 

 rich, or contentedly poor : but be sure that your riches be justly 

 got, or you spoil all. For it is well said by Caussin,* " he that 

 loses his conscience, has nothing left that is worth keeping." 

 Therefore be sure you look to that. And, in the next place, 

 look to your health : and if you have it, praise God, and value it 

 next to a good conscience ; for health is the second blessing that 

 we mortals are capable of, a blessing that money cannot buy ; 

 and therefore value it, and be thankful for it. As for money, 

 which may be said to be the third blessing, neglect it not : but 

 note, that there is no necessity of being rich ; for I told you, there 

 be as many miseries beyond riches, as on this side them : and, 

 if you have a competence, enjoy it with a meek, cheerful, thank- 

 ful heart. I will tell you. Scholar, I have heard a grave divine 

 say,f that God has two dwellings, one in heaven, and the other 



* Nicholas Caussin, a Jesuit, born at Troves, 15S3, who gained quite a 

 reputation as a preacher and writer. He was Confessor to Louis XHL, 

 and though a person of probity and courage, failed in address to keep his 

 place at that tempestuous court. Taking the part of the Queen Mother 

 against Richelieu, he was banished by that minister to Bretagne. After 

 the Cardinal's death he returned to Paris, where he died, 1651. He wrote 

 several works in Latin and French, the most celebrated of which was, La 

 Cour Samfe, en Cinq livres (the best and most complete edition, 1664) ; 

 which was translated into English : The Holy Court, in Three Tomes, 

 Written in French by Alcholas Caussin, S. /., Translated into English 

 by Sr. T. H., 1634, fol. It is a book of morality written in an aflected 

 style, though not destitute of merit, and was accused of having more re- 

 ference to French politics than religion. It had a great run, was often 

 reprinted, and rendered into various languages. It ranks at present with 

 Le Pedagogue Chretien, and Les Sept Trompettes. I have not been able 

 to find the sentence quoted by Walton in either the French or English 

 versions, both of which are in my collection. Walton may have quoted 

 incorrectly from memory ; and, perhaps, himself deserves the merit of 

 condensing Caussin's meaning into the excellent aphorism which he gives; 

 as there is a long labored passage to the same eflect in the fifth section of 

 The Statesman, entitled " Sage Precepts drawn out of the monument* 

 of the divine Agnthopolis." — Am. Ed. 



t Dr. Donne, as a reverend and learned friend of mine Infonos me.— 

 Moses Browne. 



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