That ill Fortune, makes wise and honest
men seem Fools and Knaves ; but good
Fortune makes Fools and Knaves seem wise
and honest men.
LXII.
That ill Fortune doth of tner succeed good,
then good Fortune succeeds ill ; for those
that have ill Fortune, do not so easily re-
cover it, as those that have good Fortune are
apt to lose it.
LXiir.
That he had observed. That seldom any
person did laugh, but it was at the follies or
misfortunes of other men ; by which we may
judg of their good natures.
LXIV«

I have heard my Lord say. That when he
was in Banishment, He had nothing left him,
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but a clear Conscience, by which he had and
did still conquer all the Armies of misfortunes
that ever seized upon him.
LXV,

Also I have heard him say, That he was
never beholding to Lady Fortune; for he
had suffered on both sides, although he
never was but on one side.
LXVI,

I have heard him say, That his Father one
time, upon some discourse of expences,
should tell him, It was but just that every man
should have his time,

LXVII.
