210.--In growing old we become more foolish--and
more wise.
211.--There are people who are like farces, which
are praised but for a time (however foolish and dis-
tasteful they may be).
[The last clause is added from Edition of 1665.]
212.--Most people judge men only by success or by
fortune.
213.--Love of glory, fear of shame, greed of fortune,
the desire to make life agreeable and comfortable, and
the wish to depreciate others are often causes of that
bravery so vaunted among men.
[Junius said of the Marquis of Granby, "He was as
brave as a total absence of all feeling and reflection could
make him."--21st Jan. 1769.]
214.--Valour in common soldiers is a perilous
method of earning their living.
["Men venture necks to gain a fortune,
The soldier does it ev{'}ry day,
(Eight to the week) for sixpence pay."
{--Samuel Butler,} HUDIBRAS, Part II., canto i., line 512.]
215.--Perfect bravery and sheer cowardice are two
extremes rarely found. The space between them is
vast, and embraces all other sorts of courage.
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