343.—To be a great man one should know how to profit by every phase of fortune.
344.—Most men, like plants, possess hidden qualities which chance discovers.
345.—Opportunity makes us known to others, but more to ourselves.
346.—If a woman's temper is beyond control there can be no control of the mind or heart.
347.—We hardly find any persons of good sense, save those who agree with us.
["That was excellently observed, say I, when I read an author when his opinion agrees with mine."—Swift, Thoughts On Various Subjects.]
348.—When one loves one doubts even what one most believes.
349.—The greatest miracle of love is to eradicate flirtation.
350.—Why we hate with so much bitterness those who deceive us is because they think themselves more clever than we are.
["I could pardon all his (Louis XI.'s) deceit, but I cannot forgive his supposing me capable of the gross folly of being duped by his professions."—Sir Walter Scott, Quentin Durward.]