Nothing would more contribute to make a Man wise, than to have always an Enemy in his view.
A wise Man may have more Enemies than a weak one, but he will not so much feel the weight of them. Indeed the being wise doth either make Men our Friends, or discourage them from being our Enemies.
Wisdom is only a comparative Quality, it will not bear a single Definition.
Youth.
A Man hath too little Heat, or Wit, or Courage, if he hath not sometimes more than he should.
Just enough of a good thing is always too little.
Long Life giveth more Marks to shoot at, and therefore old Men are less well thought of, than those who have not been so long upon the Stage.
Other Mens Memories retain the ill, whilst the good Things done by an old Man, easily slip out of them.
Old Men have in some degree their Reprisals upon younger, by making nicer Observations upon them, by virtue of their Experience.
FINIS.