Consilia.--No man is so foolish but may give another good counsel
sometimes; and no man is so wise but may easily err, if he will take
no others' counsel but his own. But very few men are wise by their
own counsel, or learned by their own teaching. For he that was only
taught by himself {12} had a fool to his master.

Fama.--A Fame that is wounded to the world would be better cured by
another's apology than its own: for few can apply medicines well
themselves. Besides, the man that is once hated, both his good and
his evil deeds oppress him. He is not easily emergent.

Negotia.--In great affairs it is a work of difficulty to please all.
And ofttimes we lose the occasions of carrying a business well and
thoroughly by our too much haste. For passions are spiritual
rebels, and raise sedition against the understanding.

Amor patriae.--There is a necessity all men should love their
country: he that professeth the contrary may be delighted with his
words, but his heart is there.

Ingenia.--Natures that are hardened to evil you shall sooner break
than make straight; they are like poles that are crooked and dry,
there is no attempting them.

Applausus.--We praise the things we hear with much more willingness
than those we see, because we envy the present and reverence the
past; thinking ourselves instructed by the one, and overlaid by the
other.

Opinio.--Opinion is a light, vain, crude, and imperfect thing;