Affliction is the good man's shining scene;
Prosperity conceals his brightest ray;
As night to stars, woe lustre gives to man.
48
YOUNG: _Night Thoughts,_ Night ix., Line 406.

Now let us thank the Eternal Power: convinced
That Heaven but tries our virtue by affliction.
49
JOHN BROWN: _Barbarossa,_ Act v., Sc. 3.


=Affronts.=

Young men soon give and soon forget affronts;
Old age is slow in both.
50
ADDISON: _Cato,_ Act ii., Sc. 5.


=Age.=

When the age is in, the wit is out.
51
SHAKS.: _Much Ado,_ Act iii., Sc. 5

His silver hairs
Will purchase us a good opinion,
And buy men's voices to commend our deeds;