APHORISMS AND REFLECTIONS 175 



CCCLXXXV 



Men, my dear, are very queer animals, a mixture 

 of horse-nervousness, ass-stubbornness and camel- 

 malice — with an angel bobbing- about unexpectedly 

 like the apple in the posset, and when they can 

 do exactly as they please, they are very hard to 

 drive. 



