This reasoning satisfies him; and as men of this character are usually
generous, he will acknowledge its justice by throwing you plenty of sops,
and stimulating you with bountiful cordials. Should he not content you
herein, appear contented; and profit in betraying him (that is the best
way to cheat him), not by his failings, but by opportunity. Watch not
his character, but your time.



VIII.

The vain, arrogant, brave, amorous, flashy character. This sort of
character we formerly attributed to the French, and it is still more
common to the Continent than that beloved island which I shall see no
more! A creature of this description is made up of many false virtues;
above others, it is always profuse where its selfishness is appealed to,
not otherwise. You must find, then, what pleases it, and pander to its
tastes. So will ye cheat it,--or ye will cheat it also by affecting the
false virtues which it admires itself,--rouge your sentiments highly, and
let them strut with a buskined air; thirdly, my good young men, ye will
cheat it by profuse flattery, and by calling it in especial "the mirror
of chivalry."



IX.

The plain, sensible, honest man,--a favourable, but not elevated specimen
of our race. This character, my beloved pupils, you may take in once,
but never twice. Nor can you take in such a man as a stranger; he must