—Antoninus.

1468

It has been shrewdly said, that, when men abuse us, we should suspect ourselves, and when they praise us, them.

1469

No liberal man would impute a charge of unsteadiness to another for having changed his opinion.

—Cicero.

1470

SELF-CONFIDENCE.

Men often lose opportunities by want of self-confidence. Doubts and fears in the minds of some rise up over every event, and they fear to attempt what most probably would be successful through their timorousness; while a courageous, active man, will, perhaps with half the ability, carry an enterprise to a prosperous termination.