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underline Pride, Vanity & Ambition /underline are often mistaken for each other & so nearly allied, that they meet commonly in one character, but in reality they are very distinct; so much so, that 'tis remarkable the three greatest Men of Rome & cotemporaries possessed each of these underline seperately, /underline without the least mixture of the other two.

underline Ceasar had ambition, /underline without pride or vanity. underline Cato had Pride /underline without either ambition or Vanity. underline Cicero had Vanity, /underline without either ambition or pride.

foreign: French Et vous éprouverez dans le siecle ou nous sommes

Que les siecles bourgeois, sont les bons Gentilhommes. ---- /foreign

Mr N. Montague used to say there were four things ought never to flatter sensible Men; these were ^addition the /addition familiarity deletion unclear /deletion addition of /addition Princes ^ addition the /addition Caresses of Women, the smiles of our Enemies, & the Sun shine of a Winter morning, for these are not of long duration. --