The illustrious Cardinal Bentivoglio, the ornament of Italy and of literature, languished, in his old age, in the most distressful poverty; and, having sold his palace to satisfy his creditors, left nothing behind him but his reputation.
Le Sage resided in a little cottage on the borders of Paris, and supplied the world with their most agreeable romances; while he never knew what it was to possess any moderate degree of comfort in pecuniary matters.
A PRUDENT CHOICE.
When Loveless married Lady Jenny,
Whose beauty was the ready penny;
“I chose her,” says he, “like old plate,
Not for the fashion, but the weight.”