＇〃Is　Venus　really　so　alarming　to　the　new…made　bride；　or　does　she
  honestly　oppose　her　parent's　rejoicing　the　tears　she　so　abundantly
  sheds　on　entering　the　nuptial　chamber？　　No；　by　the　Gods；　these　are
  no　true　tears。〃Catullus；　lxvi。　15。＇
  ＇〃Is　Venus　really　so　repugnant　to　newly…married　maids？　　Do　they　meet
  the　smiles　of　parents　with　feigned　tears？　　They　weep　copiously
  within　the　very　threshold　of　the　nuptial　chamber。　　No；　so　the　gods
  help　me；　they　do　not　truly　grieve。〃Catullus；　lxvi。　　15。＇
  ＇A　more　literal　translation。　　D。W。＇
  Neither　is　it　strange　to　lament　a　person　dead　whom　a　man　would　by　no
  means　should　be　alive。　　When　I　rattle　my　man；　I　do　it　with　all　the　mettle
  I　have；　and　load　him　with　no　feigned；　but　downright　real　curses；　but　the
  heat　being　over；　if　he　should　stand　in　need　of　me；　I　should　be　very　ready
  to　do　him　good：　for　I　instantly　turn　the　leaf。　　When　I　call　him　calf　and
  coxcomb；　I　do　not　pretend　to　entail　those　titles　upon　him　for　ever；
  neither　do　I　think　I　give　myself　the　lie　in　calling　him　an　honest　fellow
  presently　after。　　No　one　quality　engrosses　us　purely　and　universally。
  Were　it　not　the　sign　of　a　fool　to　talk　to　one's　self；　there　would　hardly
  be　a　day　or　hour　wherein　I　might　not　be　heard　to　grumble　and　mutter　to
  myself　and　against　myself；　〃Confound　the　fool！〃　and　yet　I　do　not　think
  that　to　be　my　definition。　　Who　for　seeing　me　one　while　cold　and　presently
  very　fond　towards　my　wife；　believes　the　one　or　the　other　to　be
  counterfeited；　is　an　ass。　　Nero；　taking　leave　of　his　mother　whom　he　was
  sending　to　be　drowned；　was　nevertheless　sensible　of　some　emotion　at　this
  farewell；　and　was　struck　with　horror　and　pity。　　'Tis　said；　that　the　light
  of　the　sun　is　not　one　continuous　thing；　but　that　he　darts　new　rays　so
  thick　one　upon　another　that　we　cannot　perceive　the　intermission：
  〃Largus　enim　liquidi　fons　luminis；　aetherius　sol；
  Irrigat　assidue　coelum　candore　recenti；
  Suppeditatque　novo　confestim　lumine　lumen。〃
  ＇〃So　the　wide　fountain　of　liquid　light；　the　ethereal　sun；　steadily
  fertilises　the　heavens　with　new　heat；　and　supplies　a　continuous
  store　of　fresh　light。〃Lucretius；　v。　282。＇
  Just　so　the　soul　variously　and　imperceptibly　darts　out　her　passions。
  Artabanus　coming　by　surprise　once　upon　his　nephew　Xerxes；　chid　him　for
  the　sudden　alteration　of　his　countenance。　　He　was　considering　the
  immeasurable　greatness　of　his　forces　passing　over　the　Hellespont　for　the
  Grecian　expedition：　he　was　first　seized　with　a　palpitation　of　joy；　to　see
  so　many　millions　of　men　under　his　command；　and　this　appeared　in　the
  gaiety　of　his　looks：　but　his　thoughts　at　the　same　instant　suggesting　to
  him　that　of　so　many　lives；　within　a　century　at　most；　there　would　not　be
  one　left；　he　presently　knit　his　brows　and　grew　sad；　even　to　tears。
  We　have　resolutely　pursued　the　revenge　of　an　injury　received；　and　been
  sensible　of　a　singular　contentment　for　the　victory；　but　we　shall　weep
  notwithstanding。　　'Tis　not　for　the　victory；　though；　that　we　shall　weep：
  there　is　nothing　altered　in　that　but　the　soul　looks　upon　things　with
  another　eye　and　represents　them　to　itself　with　another　kind　of　face；　for
  everything　has　many　faces　and　several　aspects。
  Relations；　old　acquaintances；　and　friendships；　possess　our　imaginations
  and　make　them　tender　for　the　time；　according　to　their　condition；　but　the
  turn　is　so　quick；　that　'tis　gone　in　a　moment：
  〃Nil　adeo　fieri　celeri　ratione　videtur；
  Quam　si　mens　fieri　proponit；　et　inchoat　ipsa；
  Ocius　ergo　animus；　quam　res　se　perciet　ulla；
  Ante　oculos　quorum　in　promptu　natura　videtur；〃
  ＇〃Nothing　therefore　seems　to　be　done　in　so　swift　a　manner　than　if
  the　mind　proposes　it　to　be　done；　and　itself　begins。　　It　is　more
  active　than　anything　which　we　see　in　nature。〃Lucretius；　iii。　183。＇
  and　therefore；　if　we　would　make　one　continued　thing　of　all　this
  succession　of　passions；　we　deceive　ourselves。　　When　Timoleon　laments　the
  murder　he　had　committed　upon　so　mature　and　generous　deliberation；　he　does
  not　lament　the　liberty　restored　to　his　country；　he　does　not　lament　the
  tyrant；　but　he　laments　his　brother：　one　part　of　his　duty　is　performed；
  let　us　give　him　leave　to　perform　the　other。
  CHAPTER　XXXVIII
  OF　SOLITUDE
  Let　us　pretermit　that　long　comparison　betwixt　the　active　and　the　solitary
  life；　and　as　for　the　fine　sayings　with　which　ambition　and　avarice
  palliate　their　vices；　that　we　are　not　born　for　ourselves　but　for　the
  public；＇This　is　the　eulogium　passed　by　Lucan　on　Cato　of　Utica；　ii。
  383。＇　let　us　boldly　appeal　to　those　who　are　in　public　affairs；　let　them
  lay　their　hands　upon　their　hearts；　and　then　say　whether；　on　the　contrary；
  they　do　not　rather　aspire　to　titles　and　offices　and　that　tumult　of　the
  world　to　make　their　private　advantage　at　the　public　expense。　　The　corrupt
  ways　by　which　in　this　our　time　they　arrive　at　the　height　to　which　their
  ambitions　aspire；　manifestly　enough　declares　that　their　ends　cannot　be
  very　good。　　Let　us　tell　ambition　that　it　is　she　herself　who　gives　us　a
  taste　of　solitude；　for　what　does　she　so　much　avoid　as　society？　　What　does
  she　so　much　seek　as　elbowroom？　　A　man　many　do　well　or　ill　everywhere；　but
  if　what　Bias　says　be　true；　that　the　greatest　part　is　the　worse　part；　or
  what　the　Preacher　says：　there　is　not　one　good　of　a　thousand：
  〃Rari　quippe　boni：　numero　vix　sunt　totidem　quot
  Thebarum　portae；　vel　divitis　ostia　Nili；〃
  ＇〃Good　men　forsooth　are　scarce：　there　are　hardly　as　many　as　there
  are　gates　of　Thebes　or　mouths　of　the　rich　Nile。〃
  Juvenal；　Sat。；　xiii。　26。＇
  the　contagion　is　very　dangerous　in　the　crowd。　　A　man　must　either　imitate
  the　vicious　or　hate　them　both　are　dangerous　things；　either　to　resemble
  them　because　they　are　many　or　to　hate　many　because　they　are　unresembling
  to　ourselves。　　Merchants　who　go　to　sea　are　in　the　right　when　they　are
  cautious　that　those　who　embark　with　them　in　the　same　bottom　be　neither
  dissolute　blasphemers　nor　vicious　other　ways；　looking　upon　such　society
  as　unfortunate。　　And　therefore　it　was　that　Bias　pleasantly　said　to　some；
  who　being　with　him　in　a　dangerous　storm　implored　the　assistance　of　the
  gods：　〃Peace；　speak　softly；〃　said　he；　〃that　they　may　not　know　you　are
  here　in　my　company。〃　＇Diogenes　Laertius＇　　And　of　more　pressing
  example；　Albuquerque；　viceroy　in　the　Indies　for　Emmanuel；　king　of
  Portugal；　in　an　extreme　peril　of　shipwreck；　took　a　young　boy　upon　his
  shoulders；　for　this　only　end　that；　in　the　society　of　their　common　danger
  his　innocence　might　serve　to　protect　him；　and　to　recommend　him　to　the
  divine　favour；　that　they　might　get　safe　to　shore。　　'Tis　not　that　a　wise
  man　may　not　live　everywhere　content；　and　be　alone　in　the　very　crowd　of　a
  palace；　but　if　it　be　left　to　his　own　choice；　the　schoolman　will　tell　you
  that　he　should　fly　the　very　sight　of　the　crowd：　he　will　endure　it　if　need
  be；　but　if　it　be　referred　to　him；　he　will　choose　to　be　alone。　　He　cannot
  think　himself　sufficiently　rid　of　vice；　if　he　must　yet　contend　with　it　in
  other　men。　　Charondas　punished　those　as　evil　men　who　were　convicted　of
  keeping　ill　company。　　There　is　nothing　so　unsociable　and　sociable　as　man；
  the　one　by　his　vice；　the　other　by　his　nature。　　And　Antisthenes；　in　my
  opinion；　did　not　give　him　a　satisfactory　answer；　who　reproached　him　with
  frequenting　ill　company；　by　saying　that　the　physicians　lived　well　enough
  amongst　the　sick；　for　if　they　contribute　to　the　health　of　the　sick；　no
  doubt　but　by　the　contagion；　continual　sight　of；　and　familiarity　with
  diseases；　they　must　of　necessity　impair　their　own。
  Now　the　end；　I　take　it；　is　all　one；　to　live　at　more　leisure　and　at　one's
  ease：　but　men　do　not　always　take　the　right　way。　　They　often　think　they
  have　totally　taken　leave　of　all　business；　when　they　have　only　exchanged
  one　employment　for　another：　there　is　little　less　trouble　in　governing　a
  private　family　than　a　whole　kingdom。　　Wherever　the　mind　is　perplexed；　it
  is　in　an　entire　disorder；　and　domestic　employments　are　not　less
  troublesome　for　being　less　important。　　Moreover；　for　having　shaken　off
  the　court　and　the　exchange；　we　have　not　taken　leave　of　the　principal
  vexations　of　life：
  〃Ratio　et　prudentia　curas；
  Non　locus　effusi　late　maris　arbiter；　aufert；〃
  ＇〃Reason　and　prudence；　not　a　place　with　a　commanding　view　of　the
  great　ocean；　banish　care。〃Horace；　Ep。；　i。　2。＇
  ambition；　avarice；　irresolution；　fear；　and　inordinate　desires；　do　not
  leave　us　because　we　forsake　our　native　country：
  〃Et
  Post　equitem　sedet　atra　cura；〃
  ＇〃Black　care　sits　behind　the　horse　man。〃
  Horace；　Od。；　iii。　1；　40＇。
  they　often　follow　us　even　to　cloisters　and　philosophical　schools；　nor
  deserts；　nor　caves；　hair…shirts；　nor　fasts；　can　disengage　us　from　them：
  〃Haeret　lateri　lethalis　arundo。〃
  ＇〃The　fatal　shaft　adheres　to　the　side。〃AEneid；　iv。　73。＇
  One　telling　Socrates　that　such　a　one　was　nothing　improved　by　his　travels：
  〃I　very　well　believe　it；〃　said　he；　〃for　he　took