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[XVIII].—There are none who press so heavily on others as the lazy ones, when they have satisfied their idleness, and wish to appear industrious. (1666, No. 91.)
[XIX].—The blindness of men is the most dangerous effect of their pride; it seems to nourish and augment it, it deprives us of knowledge of remedies which can solace our miseries and can cure our faults. (1665, No. 102.)
[XX].—One has never less reason than when one despairs of finding it in others. (1665, No. 103.)
[XXI].—Philosophers, and Seneca above all, have not diminished crimes by their precepts; they have only used them in the building up of pride. (1665, No. 105.)
[XXII].—It is a proof of little friendship not to perceive the growing coolness of that of our friends. (1666, No. 97.)
[XXIII].—The most wise may be so in indifferent and ordinary matters, but they are seldom so in their most serious affairs. (1665, No. 132.)
[XXIV].—The most subtle folly grows out of the most subtle wisdom. (1665, No. 134.)
[XXV].—Sobriety is the love of health, or an incapacity to eat much. (1665, No. 135.)
[XXVI].—We never forget things so well as when we are tired of talking of them. (1665, No. 144.)