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offensive scent�察�nor the just proportion of limbs�察�can make a handsome
man。  I am�察�as to the rest�察�strong and well knit�察�my face is not puffed��
but full�察�and my complexion betwixt jovial and melancholic�察�moderately
sanguine and hot��

          ;Unde rigent setis mihi crura�察�et pectora villis�察�

          �А�Whence 'tis my legs and breast bristle with hair。;
          Martial�察�ii。 36�察�5。��

my health vigorous and sprightly�察�even to a well advanced age�察�and rarely
troubled with sickness。  Such I was�察�for I do not now make any account of
myself�察�now that I am engaged in the avenues of old age�察�being already
past forty��

              ;Minutatim vires et robur adultum
               Frangit�察�et in partem pejorem liquitur aetas�此�

     �А�Time by degrees breaks our strength and makes us grow feeble。
     ;Lucretius�察�ii。  1131。��

what shall be from this time forward�察�will be but a half´being�察�and no
more me�此�I every day escape and steal away from myself��

               ;Singula de nobis anni praedantur euntes。;

          �А�Of the fleeting years each steals something from me。;
          Horace�察�Ep。�察�ii。 2。��

Agility and address I never had�察�and yet am the son of a very active and
sprightly father�察�who continued to be so to an extreme old age。  I have
scarce known any man of his condition�察�his equal in all bodily exercises��
as I have seldom met with any who have not excelled me�察�except in
running�察�at which I was pretty good。  In music or singing�察�for which I
have a very unfit voice�察�or to play on any sort of instrument�察�they could
never teach me anything。  In dancing�察�tennis�察�or wrestling�察�I could never
arrive to more than an ordinary pitch�察�in swimming�察�fencing�察�vaulting��
and leaping�察�to none at all。  My hands are so clumsy that I cannot even
write so as to read it myself�察�so that I had rather do what I have
scribbled over again�察�than take upon me the trouble to make it out。  I do
not read much better than I write�察�and feel that I weary my auditors
otherwise ��I am�� not a bad clerk。  I cannot decently fold up a letter��
nor could ever make a pen�察�or carve at table worth a pin�察�nor saddle a
horse�察�nor carry a hawk and fly her�察�nor hunt the dogs�察�nor lure a hawk��
nor speak to a horse。  In fine�察�my bodily qualities are very well suited
to those of my soul�察�there is nothing sprightly�察�only a full and firm
vigour�此�I am patient enough of labour and pains�察�but it is only when I go
voluntary to work�察�and only so long as my own desire prompts me to it��

          ;Molliter austerum studio fallente laborem。;

          �А�Study softly beguiling severe labour。;
          Horace�察�Sat。�察�ii。 2�察�12。��

otherwise�察�if I am not allured with some pleasure�察�or have other guide
than my own pure and free inclination�察�I am good for nothing�此�for I am of
a humour that�察�life and health excepted�察�there is nothing for which I
will bite my nails�察�and that I will purchase at the price of torment of
mind and constraint��

                         ;Tanti mihi non sit opaci
          Omnis arena Tagi�察�quodque in mare volvitur aurum。;

     �А�I would not buy rich Tagus sands so dear�察�nor all the gold that
     lies in the sea。;Juvenal�察�Sat。�察�iii。 54。��

Extremely idle�察�extremely given up to my own inclination both by nature
and art�察�I would as willingly lend a man my blood as my pains。  I have a
soul free and entirely its own�察�and accustomed to guide itself after its
own fashion�察�having hitherto never had either master or governor imposed
upon me�此�I have walked as far as I would�察�and at the pace that best
pleased myself�察�this is it that has rendered me unfit for the service of
others�察�and has made me of no use to any one but myself。

Nor was there any need of forcing my heavy and lazy disposition�察�for
being born to such a fortune as I had reason to be contented with ��a
reason�察�nevertheless�察�that a thousand others of my acquaintance would
have rather made use of for a plank upon which to pass over in search of
higher fortune�察�to tumult and disquiet���察�and with as much intelligence as
I required�察�I sought for no more�察�and also got no more��

              ;Non agimur tumidis velis Aquilone secundo��
               Non tamen adversis aetatem ducimus Austris
               Viribus�察�ingenio�察�specie�察�virtute�察�loco�察�re��
               Extremi primorum�察�extremis usque priores。;

     �А�The northern wind does not agitate our sails�察�nor Auster trouble
     our course with storms。  In strength�察�talent�察�figure�察�virtue��
     honour�察�wealth�察�we are short of the foremost�察�but before the last。;´
     ´Horace�察�Ep。�察�ii。 2�察�201。��

I had only need of what was sufficient to content me�此�which nevertheless
is a government of soul�察�to take it right�察�equally difficult in all sorts
of conditions�察�and that�察�of custom�察�we see more easily found in want than
in abundance�此�forasmuch�察�peradventure�察�as according to the course of our
other passions�察�the desire of riches is more sharpened by their use than
by the need of them�此�and the virtue of moderation more rare than that of
patience�察�and I never had anything to desire�察�but happily to enjoy the
estate that God by His bounty had put into my hands。  I have never known
anything of trouble�察�and have had little to do in anything but the
management of my own affairs�此�or�察�if I have�察�it has been upon condition
to do it at my own leisure and after my own method�察�committed to my trust
by such as had a confidence in me�察�who did not importune me�察�and who knew
my humour�察�for good horsemen will make shift to get service out of a
rusty and broken´winded jade。

Even my infancy was trained up after a gentle and free manner�察�and exempt
from any rigorous subjection。  All this has helped me to a complexion
delicate and incapable of solicitude�察�even to that degree that I love to
have my losses and the disorders wherein I am concerned�察�concealed from
me。  In the account of my expenses�察�I put down what my negligence costs
me in feeding and maintaining it��

                              ;Haec nempe supersunt��
               Quae dominum fallunt�察�quae prosunt furibus。;

               �А�That overplus�察�which the owner knows not of��
               but which benefits the thieves;Horace�察�Ep。�察�i。 645��

I love not to know what I have�察�that I may be less sensible of my loss��
I entreat those who serve me�察�where affection and integrity are absent��
to deceive me with something like a decent appearance。  For want of
constancy enough to support the shock of adverse accidents to which we
are subject�察�and of patience seriously to apply myself to the management
of my affairs�察�I nourish as much as I can this in myself�察�wholly leaving
all to fortune ;to take all things at the worst�察�and to resolve to bear
that worst with temper and patience;�察�that is the only thing I aim at��
and to which I apply my whole meditation。  In a danger�察�I do not so much
consider how I shall escape it�察�as of how little importance it is��
whether I escape it or no�此�should I be left dead upon the place�察�what
matter�拭 �Not being able to govern events�察�I govern myself�察�and apply
myself to them�察�if they will not apply themselves to me。  I have no great
art to evade�察�escape from or force fortune�察�and by prudence to guide and
incline things to my own bias。  I have still less patience to undergo the
troublesome and painful care therein required�察�and the most uneasy
condition for me is to be suspended on urgent occasions�察�and to be
agitated betwixt hope and fear。

Deliberation�察�even in things of lightest moment�察�is very troublesome to
me�察�and I find my mind more put to it to undergo the various tumblings
and tossings of doubt and consultation�察�than to set up its rest and to
acquiesce in whatever shall happen after the die is thrown。  Few passions
break my sleep�察�but of deliberations�察�the least will do it。  As in roads��
I preferably avoid those that are sloping and slippery�察�and put myself
into the beaten track how dirty or deep soever�察�where I can fall no
lower�察�and there seek my safety�此�so I love misfortunes that are purely
so�察�that do not torment and tease me with the uncertainty of their
growing better�察�but that at the first push plunge me directly into the
worst that can be expected

                    ;Dubia plus torquent mala。;

               ��Doubtful ills plague us worst。;
               Seneca�察�Agamemnon�察�iii。 1�察�29。��


In events I carry myself like a man�察�in conduct�察�like a child。  The fear
of the fall more fevers me than the fall itself。  The game is not worth
the candle。  The covetous man fares worse with his passion than the poor��
and the jealous man than the cuckold�察�and a man ofttimes loses more by
defending his vineyard than if he gave it up。  The lowest walk is the
safest�察�'tis the seat of constancy�察�you have there need of no one but
yourself�察�'tis there founded and wholly stands upon its own basis。  Has
not this example of a gentleman very well known�察�some air of philosophy
in it�拭 �He married�察�being well advanced in years�察�having spent his youth
in good fellowship�察�a great talker and a great jeerer�察�calling to mind
how much the subject of cuckoldry had given him occasion to talk and
scoff at others。  To prevent them from paying him in his own coin�察�he
married a wife from a place where any one finds what he wants for his
money�此 �Good morrow�察�strumpet;�察 �Good morrow�察�cuckold;�察�and there was not
anything wherewith he more commonly and openly entertained those who came
to see him than with this design of his�察�by which he stopped the private
chattering of mockers�察�and blunted all the point from this reproach。

As to ambition�察�which is neighbour�察�or rather daughter�察�to presumption��
fortune�察�to advance me�察�must have come and taken me by the hand�察�for to
trouble myself for an uncertain hope�察�and to have submitted myself to all
the difficulties that accompany those who endeavour to bring themselves
into credit in the beginning of their progress�察�I could never have done
it��

                         ;Spem pretio non emo。;

               �А�I will not purchase hope with ready money�察─。�or����
               ;I do not purchase hope at a price。;
               Terence�察�Adelphi�察�ii。 3�察�11。��

I apply myself to what I see and to what I have in my hand�察�and go not
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