Than the male part.
The wise man is happy when he gains his own approbation; the fool when he recommends himself to the applause of those about him.
Ibid. Nº 73.
Better:
The wise man is happy when he gains his own approbation; the fool when he gains that of others.
Sicut in frugibus pecudibusque, non tantum semina ad servandum indolem valent, quantum terræ proprietas cœlique, sub quo aluntur, mutat.
Livy, l. 38. § 17.
Sallust, in his history of Catiline’s conspiracy:
Per illa tempora quicumque rempublicam agitavere, honestis nominibus, alii, sicuti populi jura defenderent, pars, quo senati auctoritas maxuma foret, bonum publicum simulantes, pro sua quisque potentia certabant.
Cap. 38.