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ADVANCEMENT OP LEAKNINQ. 



Fbook VL 



Fw. 



SUSPICION. 



Against. 



Distrust is the sinew of pru 

 dence, and suspicion a strengthener 

 of the understanding. 



That sincerity is justly suspected 

 •ehich suspicion weakens. 



Suspicion breaksafiail integrity, 

 but confirms a strong one. 



For, TACITURNITY, 



Nothing is concealed from a 

 silent man, for all is safely depo- 

 sited with him. 



He who easily talks what he 

 knows, will also talk what he knows 

 not. 



Mysteries are due to secrets. 



Suspicion breaks tho honda of 

 trust. 



To be overrun with suspicion 

 is a kind ol political madness. 



For, 



To abstain and sustain are nearly 

 the same virtue. 



Uniformity, concords, and the 

 measure of motions, are things 

 celestial and the characters of 

 eternity. 



Temperance, like wholesome 

 cold, collects and strengthens the 

 force of the mind. 



When the senses are too exqui- 

 site and wandering, they want nar- 

 cotics, so likewise do wandering 

 afiTections. 



For. VAINGLORY. 



Th 



Against. 



From a silent man all things arc 

 concealed, because he returns no- 

 thing but silence. 



Change of customs keeps men 

 secret. 



Secrecy is the virtue of a con- 

 fessor. 



A close man is like a man un- 

 known. 

 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 dul- 

 ness oi passion. 



The sayings, " Not to use, thai 

 you may not desire;" "Not to 

 desire, that you may not fear," &c., 

 p;-oceed from pusillanimous and 

 distrustful natures. 



Against. 

 vain -Glorious are always 



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 

 afiFairs impertinent. 



Such dispositions as have a mix- 

 ture of levity, more easily under- 

 take a public charge. 



For. UNCHASTITY. Against. 



Incontinence is one ^f Circe'a 

 worst tiansforniations. 



factious, false, fickle, and upon the 

 extreme. 



Thraso is Gnatho's prey. 



It is shamefid in a lover to court 

 the maid instead of the mistress, 

 but praise is only virtue's hand- 

 maid. 



It is jealousy that makes chastity 

 % virtue. 



He must be a n)eiancholy mor- 

 tal who thinks Venus a grave lady. 



Why is a part of regimen, pre- 



The unchaste liver has no re» 

 verence for himself, which is slack- 

 ening the bridle o/ vice. 



