Party spirit sees everything in a false light

436. — Favour rarely makes a good choice — ^ît repuises merit.

437. — No one is unaware that fortune is inconstant, but CTery one relies on an exception in hls own favour.

438. — From time to time fortune sacrifices one of her dearest favourites to serve as an example to the others.

439. — Pity is the most fnûtful source of ail the social virtues.

440. — If we were less accustomed to it, the universe would appear a fairy land, of which God is the magician.

441. — Women ought to see nothing but through the veîl of modesty.

442. — There will always be something new to say of women, as long as there is one left upon the earth.

443. — It is well for man that his blood is coloured by îron, and not by gold.