37.--Pride has a larger part than goodness in our
remonstrances with those who commit faults, and we
reprove them not so much to correct as to persuade
them that we ourselves are free from faults.

38.--We promise according to our hopes; we per-
form according to our fears.

["The reason why the Cardinal (Mazarin) deferred so long
to grant the favours he had promised, was because he was
persuaded that hope was much more capable of keeping
men to their duty than gratitude."--FRAGMENTS HISTORIQUES.
RACINE.]

39.--Interest speaks all sorts of tongues and plays
all sorts of characters; even that of disinterestedness.

40.--Interest blinds some and makes some see.

41.--Those who apply themselves too closely to
little things often become incapable of great things.

42.--We have not enough strength to follow all our
reason.

43.--A man often believes himself leader when he
is led; as his mind endeavours to reach one goal, his
heart insensibly drags him towards another.