25.--We need greater virtues to sustain good than
evil fortune.

["Prosperity do{th} best discover vice, but adversity do{th}
best discover virtue."--Lord Bacon, ESSAYS{, (1625), "Of
Adversity"}.]

{The quotation wrongly had "does" for "doth".}

26.--Neither the sun nor death can be looked at
without winking.

27.--People are often vain of their passions, even
of the worst, but envy is a passion so timid and
shame-faced that no one ever dare avow her.

28.--Jealousy is in a manner just and reasonable,
as it tends to preserve a good which belongs, or
which we believe belongs to us, on the other hand
envy is a fury which cannot endure the happiness of
others.

29.--The evil that we do does not attract to us so
much persecution and hatred as our good qualities.

30.--We have more strength than will; and it is
often merely for an excuse we say things are impos-
sible.