(Edition of 1665, No. 1.)
II.--Passions are only the different degrees of the
heat or coldness of the blood. (1665, No. 13.)
III.--Moderation in good fortune is but apprehen-
sion of the shame which follows upon haughtiness, or
a fear of losing what we have. (1665, No. 18.)
IV.--Moderation is like temperance in eating; we
could eat more but we fear to make ourselves ill.
(1665, No. 21.)
V.--Everybody finds that to abuse in another which
he finds worthy of abuse in himself. (1665, No. 33.)
VI.--Pride, as if tired of its artifices and its different
metamorphoses, after having solely filled the divers
parts of the comedy of life, exhibits itself with
its natural face, and is discovered by haughtiness; so
much so that we may truly say that haughtiness is but
the flash and open declaration of pride. (1665, No. 37.)
VII.--One kind of happiness is to know exactly at
what point to be miserable. (1665, No. 53.)
VIII.--When we do not find peace of mind (REPOS)
in ourselves it is useless to seek it elsewhere.
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