382.
Fathers and Sons.—Fathers have much to do to make amends for having sons.
383.
The Error of Gentlewomen.—Gentle-women think that a thing does not really exist when it is not possible to talk of it in society.
384.
A Male Disease.—The surest remedy for the male disease of self-contempt is to be loved by a sensible woman.
385.
A Species of Jealousy.—Mothers are readily jealous of the friends of sons who are particularly successful. As a rule a mother loves herself in her son more than the son.
386.
RATIONAL IRRATIONALITY.—In the maturity of life and intelligence the feeling comes over a man that his father did wrong in begetting him.