| [No. 462] | Wednesday, August 20, 1712 | Steele |
Nil ego prætulerem Jucundo sanus amico.
Hor.
People are not aware of the very great Force which Pleasantry in Company has upon all those with whom a Man of that Talent converses. His Faults are generally overlooked by all his Acquaintance, and a certain Carelessness that constantly attends all his Actions, carries him on with greater Success, than Diligence and Assiduity does others who have no Share of this Endowment.
Dacinthus
breaks his Word upon all Occasions both trivial and important; and when he is sufficiently railed at for that abominable Quality, they who talk of him end with,
After all he is a very pleasant Fellow. Dacinthus
is an ill-natured Husband, and yet the very Women end their Freedom of Discourse upon this Subject,
But after all he is very pleasant Company.