VI.

The eating, drinking, unthoughtful, sensual, mechanical man,--the
ordinary animal. Such a creature has cunning, and is either cowardly or
ferocious; seldom in these qualities he preserves a medium. He is not by
any means easy to dupe. Nature defends her mental brutes by the
thickness of their hide. Win his mistress if possible; she is the best
person to manage him. Such creatures are the natural prey of artful
women; their very stolidity covers all but sensuality. To the Samson-the
Delilah.



VII.

The gay, deceitful, shrewd, polished, able man,--the courtier,
the man of the world. In public and stirring life this is the fit
antagonist,--often the successful and conquering rival of Character V.
You perceive a man like this varies so greatly in intellect--from the
mere butterfly talent to the rarest genius, from the person you see at
cards to the person you see in Cabinets, from the ----- to the
Chesterfield, from the Chesterfield to the Pericles--that it is difficult
to give you an exact notion of the weak points of a character so various.
But while he dupes his equals and his superiors, I consider him, my
attentive pupils, by no means a very difficult character for an inferior
to dupe. And in this manner you must go about it. Do not attempt
hypocrisy; he will see through it in an instant. Let him think you at
once, and at first sight, a rogue. Be candid on that matter yourself;
but let him think you a useful rogue. Serve him well and zealously; but
own that you do so, because you consider your interest involved in this.