Introductio Ad Prudentiam; Or, Directions, Counsels, and Cautions, Tending to Prudent Management of Affairs in Common Life. the Second Part. to Which

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1727 edition. Excerpt: ...of the Envious and Spiteful, instead of eclipsing, will add more Lustre to thee; and the harder the Ball is struck, the higher it will rebound. 2790 If thou searest not Death so much as an ill Lise; if thou thinkest Impatience and Murmuring worse than the Gout; if thou accountest G 2 rile t 4 J.pride to be the greatest Reproach; and takeft Covetousness to be the basest Poverty: then thou anst seel no harm by Death, or Sickness,' or Scorn, or Want. 2791 If thou art remarkably obliging, thou art almost Proof against the Malicious; they'll be afraid of attacking one so fortifyed in publick Esteem, and under so facred a Character; tho' thy Virtue may be overlooked, yet the Infamy of the Action against thee will' prevent an Injury. 2792 Argue not with a; Man whom thou knowest to be of an obstinate Humour; for when he is once contradicted, his Mind is barr'd up against all Light and Information: Arguments, tho' never so well grounded, do but provoke him, and make him even afraid to be convinced of the Truth. 2793 I hope thou wilt never be so Romantic an Hero, as to fall in love with a Face, without a Fortune; a poor Marriage (like a Father's Theft or Treason) entails.Shame and Misery upon Posterity; who receive little Warmth from the Beauty of their Mother.. 2794 I have so often observed, thai Things looked upon as desperate, have setched about to a hopesul Condition; and Things that looked well, have proved otherwise: that I advise thee To stay to sec what comes of it, and never go a-bout to foretel positively any thing. 2795 Beware of telling an improbable Truth, especially to those that are not well acquainted with thee; for if they conceive thou believcst it not thyself, they'll resent it ill, as supposing thou tikest them for...