present in the battle a Prince said he who pretends to Empire must not shew himself unworthy to possess it Especially â—uch a Conqueror as he who needed but have â—emained at home if he feared ought Having amongst many other Curtesans brought him a Grecian Woman who would not accept of his Caresses 't is for that said he that she deserves them most His Brother permitted every one to approach him and one day a Peasant presenting him some water in the palm of his hand because they were not to come to their Persian Kings empty handed and he had nothing else to offer him he rewarded himâ— and said he regarded the Will and not the Gift Another having presented him some Fruit of an extraordinary bigness he said that he that could improve his Fruits so well might as well improve his Government and make a little State become a great one and thereupoâ— gave him a Government and yet there arâ— good Gardiners that would make but very 〈◊〉 Governours though we may truly say thaâ— the industry of man is like a general Forâ— that is applicable to all things He caused the Queen to ride thorough thâ— Cities in an open Chariot unvailed contrarâ— to the Custom of those Countries That thâ— Faces of their Sovereigns said he be no Strangers to the People In the Greek it is to bâ— the more accessible Being compelled upon a Retreat to eat drâ— Figs and Barley bread his Provisions having been plundered Great Gods said he what â— happiness have I been hitherto deprived of thorough too much plenty That shews thaâ— where there is the least Cookery the appetitâ— is the sooner satisfied Thus having in an extremity of Thirstâ— drunk puddled water he said he had never drunk any that relished better to him He said to a man that spoke ill of him you have the liberty to say what you list and I to do what I list It is a becoming Act to despise Injuries when one hath the power to punish them A rash young Fellow that belonged to his Court having had his Coat torn off from his back in hunting had the insolence to ask him for his I give it thee said he but with this injunction never to wear it To take away the scandal of a covetous refusal and yet maintain his Dignity for Monarchs of old wore a peculiar Habit which other People were forâ—idden to use Notwithstanding this young â—iddy-brain'd Nobleman having put it on he was only pleased to say to him that a Fool was â—ermitted to wear any Coat His Mother said That Kings were to be â—reated with silken Words For the Ears of great men being ever used to Flatteries cannot endure to be grated with the plain naked Truth His Kinsman retiring himself from Court after some disgrace said that Kings used their Subjects as Men do their Counters sometimes they stand for a great deal otherwhile but for a little Sometimes a Counter stands but for one anon it is 100 and then perhaps â—it signifies 1000. Memnon the General to Darius striking a Soldier who spoke ill of Alexander I took thee to fight against him said he not to rail at him The Egyptian Kings forbad the Magistrates to obey them in things that were unjust because Justice proceeded from a higher power than they claimed A King of Thracia broke to pieces several rare Presents of Crystal that were sent him for fear said he lest I should be in passion when any else should chance to break them This was rather an Act of a Philosopher than a King unless his Passion were apt to exceed the bounds of Reason After the battle of Levetres he said to the Thebans who were proud of their Victory That Floods rose oftentimes above the natural Currents but seldome lasted long Darius being entred into Scythia with â— Puissant Army the King of that Country informed several petty Princes who were Subjects to that Monarch that they would do welâ— to destroy the Bridge that he had made oveâ— the Danube thereby to hinder his Retreatâ— But finding they would not do it he said they were good Slaves but very bad Princes Another sent word to Alexander's Fatherâ— who resolved to make War upon him That as the Macedonians knew how to fight well soâ— the Scythians knew how to fast long To intimate they would starve them Another desirous to demonstrate to his Sonâ— the advantage of their Union caused a Sheaf of Arrows to be brought commanded them to break the whole bundle but when none could possibly do it he drew them out one by one and easily snapt them asunder Thus said he so long as you remain linked together you will be invincible but seperated you are easily destroyed The States of Holland have since taken a Sheaf of Arrows for the Symbol of their Union Hannibal inclining to Peace after his Defeat pulled down a Citizen from the Tribune who animated the rest to carry on the War and said to the People who murmur'd at it Is it not strange that while I who have been a Soldier all my life do counsel you to Peace this Fellow that never knew what a War signifies should dare to incite you to make War The People weeping when they were forced to pay the money agreed to give the Romans â—he fell a laughing and seeing they were astonished at him This is not the time for your Tears said he you should have wept when your negligence made you lose all the advantages of my Victories Or when they ruined your Fleets and Armies whose loss was the cause of the ruine of Carthage The Roman Army being drawn up in Battalia a Fop came and told him he found the order of it admirable It is not their order that I do esteem so admirable said he but rather that amongst so great a Number of Men there is not one so great a Sot as thou art This changed their wonder into laughter Antiochus to whom he had withdrawn himself after his Defeat showing him his Army in Parade who were all clad most Magnificently asking him whether that were not enough to satisfie the Romans Yes said he though they were much more covetous than they are Meaning their Riches and Plunder whereas the other meant their Strength As some were talking of a peace between the Carthaginians and the Romans at the beginning of the War he stamping on the Ground said Before that comes to pass one or other of these Nations must be dust and ashes Which was a kind of Prophecy of the Event Discoursing with Scipio in Asia concerning the great Generals of those Times he named Alexander first then Pyrrhus and himself the third at which the other seeming to wonder I would have put my self in the first place saiâ— he could I have conquered you Apprehending he should be delivered up to the Romans he took some Poyson which he carried in a Ring and said let us free the Roman People from the
Friends said he Stand in need of no recommendations to make them do Justice Some body shewing him the Fortifications of a Place and asking him whether they were not very fine yes for Women said he Another ask'd what Women dwell there and a third said there is a very fine apartment for the Ladies A celebrated Comedian admiring that he would not speak to him and inquiring whether he knew him yes said he are not you Callippides the Buffoon Because the Lacedemonians prized nothing but vertue otherwise that profession was not infamous amongst the Grecians tho it were prohibited in Lacedemonia When some would perswade him to hear a fellow that counterfeited the Nightingale â— have several times said he heard the Nightingale it 's self A Physician who would be called Iupiter as who should say the Saviour because he had wrought some famous Cures having sent a letter to him with this Inscription Menecrates Iupiter To King Agesilaus Health He replyed King Agesilaus to Menecrates Wisdome treating him as a Fool. Some telling him that the Lacedemonians took party with the Persians No said he it is the Persian hold Parties with the Lacedemonians So to those that called the King of Persia the Great King as we say at present the Grand Siginor he said he was not greater then himself unless he were more just not measuring his greatness by the Extent of his Empire but of his Vertues Being asked whether Valour were better then Justice It would be useless said he if all men were just He added that it would likewise be of no use unless accompanied by the other He said that the Inhabitants of Asia considered as free were nothing worth but they were passable for Slaves He said that we ought to teach Children that which would be of use to them when they are men One making an ill defence for himself before the Judges yet still imploring the benefit of the Laws In vain doest thou miplore the benefit of the Law said he unless thou make a better Plea This is the sence the Strictness of words are not so When the King of Persia sought his allyance he told him that were needless for if he were a true Friend to his Country he should be so to him A Friend of his Surprising him unawares as he was Sporting with his Children Stay said he and do no mock till you have Children of your own Or till you are a Father Such as were allied to the Lacedemonians complaining that they furnished them with more Souldiers then themselves raised he made it appear that they indeed furnished them with more men but not so many Souldiers because there was not one of them but had another Trade whereas the Lacedemonians practised nothing but the Art of War Necessity obliging them to do something that was contrary to their Laws he said that they must let them lye and sleep that day and on the morrow they would wake and rise with more Vigour To teach us that the Laws are made for men and not men for the Laws The Egyptians despising him because he had no great attendance nor extraordinary Equipage I will make them know said he that Royalty does not consist in vain pomp but in great vertues Philip having razed the City of Olynthia he cannot said Agesipolis in a long time rebuild such another To teach us that we ought not to resolve upon such great cruelties but in extremity Being twitted that he had been given in hostage in his youth It belongs to Kings said he to bear the faults of their Country A Stranger telling him the Dogs of Sparâ—a were good for nothing The men were no better at first replyed he but they are improved by study and exercise When the Athenians would have chosen those of Megara to be the Umpires or Judges in a controversy they had with the Lacedemonians It were a shame said Agesipolis that a small Village should know how to do Justice better then the two Capital Cities of Greece Agis said one should not inquire how many the enemies were but where they were This sounds more brave then wise as the most part of Apophthegmes have more of Gallantry then Solidity When they would have hindred him from giving battle at Mantinea because the Enemy was much Stronger When a few people said he would command over a great many they must not be afraid to Fight them He said to one who inquired how many Lacedemonians there were There are enough to beat the Enemy Anothersaid they were but few but would do much or to much effect Or they seemed to be many in a battle To one who was commendable for nothing thing but discourse he said when you are silent you are worth nothing The Argians having rallied after their defeat and coming furiously upon him he said to his men who were astonished Courage Companions if the vanquished have so much resolution what should the Victors have In the Greek it is if the Victors are astonished what shall the vanquished do A tedious Orator asking at the end of his Speech what answer he would give to those that sent him Tell them said he that I have given thee leave to say all thou hadst a mind to Or that I have let thee talk thy fill without interrupting thee To another he said tell them that you were much puzled to make an end and I to understand you In his presence as some were praising those of Elida for their well behaving themselves at the Olympick Games What a Miracle said he that once in four years they should do their duty well He said that envious people were very Miserable in being tormented as much at others happiness as their own Misfortune Or for their not being only troubled with their own Miseries but the good fortune of others As some were advising him in a battle to let those go by quietly that were flying How shall we assault those that stand to it said he if we fear those that run One talking very Magnificently of Liberty Thy discourses said he have need of power and wealth to maintain them His Father said it ought not be wondred at â—f things grew worse and worse but it would be more wonderful if things went better since all the World grew worse Being asked the means or way how to become free by despising death replyed â—â—e Demades saying in rallery that the Lacedemonians Swords were so short the Juglers of Athens swallowed them Yet we can reach our Enemies with them said Agis When they would have had him March to the assault of a place under the Conduct of a Traytor What reason is there said he to trust the lives of so many brave Soldiers under a man that hath betray'd his own Country A wicked fellow asking him who was the best of men in Sparta he that least resembles you replyed he Agis who was the last King of Lacedemonia and had been thrust into Prison because he would
more glory to make others rich than to â—rich ones self Having asked a little Grammarian scoffingâ— who was the Father of Peleus The other â—turned briskly who was yours as a reproach â—f the meanness of his Extraction and when â—s Courtiers wondred that he shewed no reâ—ntment when a man will rally said he he â—ust expect to be rallied with again The â—me Apophthegm is attributed to Cicero for â—etellus asking him by way of scorn who was his Father It would be a harder thing to tell â—ho was yours said he because his Mother had â—n ill reputation Another Prince of the same name said That the greatest unhappiness of Tyrants â—as that they must ever suspect the greatest or bravest men and be compelled to make â—hem away This is true only in Elective Emâ—ires where every one has a right to preâ—end His Son Xenophanes being rallied at becaâ—â—â— he would not play at a forbidden Game ' Tâ—â— not said he for fear of losing my Money bâ— my Honour Antigonus set every Engine at work to eâ— rich himself and when they reproached hiâ— that Alexander did not use to do so Thâ— was because he reaped said he and I can bâ—â—glean Finding his Soldiers playing at Tennis â— armed he sent their Officers to make meâ—â— with them and being informed that they weâ— drinking too freely he cashiered them and pâ— those Soldiers into their places Because saâ— he those deserve best to Command who â— their duty best Admiring that he grew very mild in his oâ— Age having been very rough in his youngâ— days That 's because I would endeavour â— preserve that with gentleness which I gaineâ— by force said he His Son inquiring one day of him when 〈◊〉 would decamp Art thou afraid said he thoâ— shalt not hear the sound of the Trumpetâ— This shews it imports a General to keep hiâ— Marches secret Sending him to Greece to set them at liberty he said That Province was like the Theatrâ— of the whole World from whence his Glorâ— would be seen over all After his recovery from a fit of sickness hâ— said That it had been an Advertisement of the Gods to let him learn that he was mortal A Poet having called him the Son of a God My Valet de Chambre said he knows the conâ—ry full well A Flatterer telling him that the Will of a â—ng was the Rule of Justice Say rather that â—stice is the Rule to the Will of Kings reâ—ied he His Brother desiring he would in private â—termine a cause he was concerned in It were â—tter it should be before the whole World â—plied he to demonstrate I will do nothing â—justly Incamping in the Winter time in a place â—at was inconvenient he said to some Soldiers whom he over-heard murmuring near his â—ent Go farther off and complain least I â—e obliged to punish you He said to one that made a harrangue to â—m in a bombast flattering stile Art thou not â—hamed to speak to me as if I were a Fool A Cynique begging a Dragm of him That 's â—o little for a King to bestow said he and â—hen the other had desired him then to give â—im a Talent That 's too much said he for a â—ynique to receive The Medium had been to â—ive more than the first less than the last His followers counselling him to put a Garâ—ison into Athens to be a Bridle to Greece he answered There could be no stronger Garrison than the affection of the People Pyrrhus challenging him to come down from the Mountains and he would give him battle he said he made War as his own Judgment guided him and not as his Enemy would have him and that if Pyrrhus were weary of his life there were a thousand ways to death â— other on the like occasion said If he beâ— great a Captain let him force me to coâ— down Notwithstanding he affirmed that Pâ—â—â—rhus would be the greatest Soldier of his tiâ—â— if he lived to mature Age. In the height of his Conquests some boâ— having dedicated a Treatise of Justice to hiâ—â— This is very proper to him said he while I aâ— usurping the Rights of other men His Son at his return from hunting comiâ—â— and embracing him while he was giving Audience to some Ambassadors Tell this said 〈◊〉 to those that sent you hither There beiâ—â— nothing that can better establish a Throâ— than the mutual love of the Royal Family His Son Aleione being very harebrain'd wâ—â— killed in a Fight This happ'ned somewhâ—â— later said he than I expected or than he dâ—sired He said to another that shewed himself very proud do you not know that Royalty is bâ— a brave slavery and another time That if oâ—â— knew the weight of a Crown they would bâ— afraid to set it on their heads In the Greek â— is they would not vouchsafe to take it oâ— from the ground Antigonus having dream't that Mithridaâ—â— had reaped a golden Harvest resolved to make him away and communicated it to his Son Demetrius after he had made him promise not to divulge a word of it But Demetrius who loved Mithridates led him out immediately to walk upon the Sea Sands and wrote thereon with the point of a Javelin Begone Mithriâ—â—tes so that he made his escape to Pontus â—here he was chosen King If equivocations â—e at any time lawful 't is in such cases where man 's life is concerned The Rhodians having intreated him to preâ—â—rve a Picture of Protogenes which he had â—ken in their Suburbs he said he would keep as inviolably as his Fathers Having taken the Athenians by Famine he â—used them to be assembled in their Publick â—ace for Spectacles where while they dreadâ—â— some exemplary punishment for their reâ—olt he told them That he bestowed five thousand measures of Corn upon them to reâ—eve their misery and happ'ning to pronounce â—â—me word amiss at the same instant and the people reproving him for it openly he added and I will give you as much more for your â—ood Instruction Many would have been â—ngry at such a publick reproof and have recalled his Guift instead of increasing it so that this is an Example of Clemency of Libeâ—ality and a greatness of courage It was said of his warlike Engines in which â—e was very intelligent That they begot admiration amongst his Friends and astonishment â—n his Enemies Demetrius being taken by Seleucus sent word to his Son that he should give no credit to his Letters But that young Prince was so sensibly concerned for the imprisonment of his Father that he wrote to Seleucus with more Generosity than Prudence that if he would set him free he would surrender both his Person and Dominions into his power His Pilot telling him just at the beginning of a fight that the Enemy was stronger thaâ— he For how many do you reckon me said he A Soldier desiring the same allowances which one had who had done eminent Service â— was not the recompence
he expended of his own He said to a rich man who reproached him of Poverty Thy Riches does thee more hurt than my Poverty does me He hindred the People from condemning a Criminal upon his bare word and would needs have them try him by due Form of Law Foâ— fear said he they should make this a Preâ—â—dent in favour of some hereafter that mâ— have less honesty Being Judge in a Cause where one of tâ—â— Parties alledged that his Adversary had spoke several injurious things against Aristidâ— Hold said he there is nothing in this Cauâ—â— that concerns me but your self Going into Exile he besought the Deitie that the Affairs of his Country might be 〈◊〉 prosperous that they might have no occasion to recal him which they did soon after Whereupon he said That he was not trovbled he had been banished for his own sake but for the Honour of his Country Themistocles having somewhat to propound which much imported to be kept secret the People obliged him to communicate it to Aâ—â—stides who having heard what it was said There was nothing could be more advantagious nor more unjust It was to have burned the Grecian's Fleet that lay in Port which was not put in execution Themistocles scoffing at his being so sparing and saying that to be able to keep money close was the vertue of a strong Chest and not of the General of an Army he replied That without this all the other Vertues would prove useless because there was still need of money to make them effectual Pericles said that when ever he took the Command upon him he made this Reflection That he was going to Command a Free People and which was more Greeks and Athenians That is to say as free as men could be He prayed the Gods before he mounted â—â—e Tribune that no Word might slip from â—im that could scandalize the Athenians or â—urt either the publick or his private Affairs One of his Friends intreating him to make â— salse Oath in his Favour We are Friends said he but no further than to the Altar The Poet Sophocles who was his Collegue â—aying at the beholding a Beauteous Woman Ah how handsome she is A Magistrate said â—e ought not only to keep his hands pure but even his Eyes and Tongue Being accused for consuming the publick Revenue in Offerings and consecrating the best things to the Gods Will you said he â—et me put in my name instead of yours and I will pay the charge with my own money which â—he People refused The Soldiers being astonished at an Eclipse of the Sun just before the beginning of a Naval Fight he held his Cloak before the Pilot's Eyes and asked him if that were not a mighty Prodigy It is caused by the Interposition of the Body of the Moon yet the Ignorance of those things formerly begot much Consternation Alcibiades not returning from an amorous Adventure he would not suffer him to be trumpetted Because if he be dead said he that would but make it known a day or two the earlier and if he living it would conâ—ound him with shameâ— The People would have obliged him 〈◊〉 speak in Publique of a business wherein he wâ—â— hot prepared but he excused himself eitheâ— out of respect as he would have it believeâ— or to keep up his credit The same thing 〈◊〉 related of Demosthenes Alcibiades said That he led the Life of Câ—stor and Pollux being in the Heavens when bâ— was well in the Peoples thoughts and in Hâ—â— when he knew the contrary Those Heroâ— were turn by turn in Heaven and in Hell He used to say he wondred not that the Lacedemomians despised Death since their waâ— of living was so miserable Because of their wretched food and rigorous usage Wrestling with one he bit him by the handâ— and the other upbraiding him that he bit likâ— a Woman No says he but like a Lyon It is said that he cut off the tail of a Dog of his own of great value That so the People having that to talk of said he may not mind the other things I do but there is nothing makes men discourse more of us than such extravagancies Coming one day into a School where they instructed Youths he asked the Master for a Homer who telling him he had none he gave him a box on the Ear. This is a mute Apophthegm where the box on the Ear must pass instead of Words spoken to shew the value should be held of Homer The Athenians having recalled him from his employment for some Capital Crime he slipt away in his return and being asked if he doubted of Justice he said I would not trust 〈◊〉 own Mother where my life is concerned â—r fear lest by a mistake she should take the â—ack Bean for the white the first being the toâ—n of condemnation the other of absolution Being informed that they had condemned â—m to death I will make them know said he â—at I will live yet and going over to the Eneâ—y was the occasion of many troubles to the â—ate Applying himself to Eloquence instead of â—usick which was in Vogue in those Days â—et those sing said he that cannot speak The General Lamachus chiding an Officer â—ho had failed in his Duty when the other asâ—red him he would do so no more War â—id he allows no time for repentance Iphicrates fortifying his Camp in a place â—here there was no appearance of danger â—â—id to those that wondred at it 'T is an ill â—xcuse for a General to say I did not imagine 〈◊〉 He was wont to say that an Army was to â—e formed like a Human Creature and ought â—o have the main Body composed of Foot well â—rmed and the Wings lightly armed the Caâ—alry for Legs that they might run every where â—pon occasion and a good General for its Head Taking great care to range his men well in his Service against the Barbarians It is because I fear nothing so much said he as that they will not know that I am here to astonish them by his Presence and Reputation Being haled to Justice in a time of Wâ—â— Unhappy man said he to his Accuser thus â— oblige my Citizens to sit in Judgment upon 〈◊〉 instead of marching under my Conduct agaiâ—â— the Enemy He said it was necessary to excite the Soldâ—ers to the love of Money and Pleasures bâ—â—cause that made them have the more couragâ— to gain wherewith to satisfie their desires A Sot of a good extraction reproaching hiâ—â— of the meanness of his Birth I shall be tâ—â— first of my Race said he and you the last 〈◊〉 yours An Orator bawling out to him in an Assembly What art thou to shew this Vanity anâ— proceeding to a tedious enumeration of all thâ— Offices in an Army I am none of all these said he but him that commands them all Some that envied the Glory of Timotheus having painted him sleeping with a in his hand where the Cities came and were
age having advised him at his taking his leave noâ— to do any thing in his anger till he had repeated the four and twenty letters of the Alphabet bâ— took this for a hint that he was too passionate and telling him he wanted him kept him another year at Court Hearing that Alexander after his return from his Conquests was troubled to know what he should do all the rest of his life and yet it is not said he a lesser Vertue to govern a Kingdom well then to conqueâ—â— one Having caused that Princes Sepulchre to be opened to contemplate him being asked whether he would not likewise see Ptolomy I was minded replyed he to see Alexander and not a dead Carkase He said to a Nephew of his whom he was sending into Armenia I wish thee the courage of Alexander and my own Fortune and that thou mayst be beloved of the People as much as Pompey was Speaking of Tiberius he said he left a Successor that never had deliberated twice upon the same thing Either from the soundness of his Iudgment or his Constancy Two young Officers quarrelling before him in the full Senate Give ear young men said he to an old one to whom old men hearkned unto when he was young An Illustrious Grecian having committed some insolence he told him he forgave him in consideration of his Family there being none â—â—ft but himself He wrote to the Athenians who had done â—â—mething that displeased him that he was very â—ngry with them but without any design of â—oing them displeasure He said to Piso who had built a magnificent â—alace That that made him believe Rome would â—e Eternal since their structures promised an eternal duration and likewise said he would â—eave it all of Marble though he found it but of Bricks One designing to make extraordinary courtship accused Cato in his presence To defend the Laws of ones Country is the part of an honest man said he His Daughter causing her grey hairs to be pulled out he without seeming to take any notice asked her whether she would rather have no hair then such as she then had she answered no Why does your dresser strive replied he to make you bald then Observing some certain strangers that made much of little Dogs and Monkeys he asked if there were no children in their Country Because it is ordinarily such people as have no Children that do so He had alwaies this saying in his Mouth That we should do nothing pecipitately which he expressed in Greek in these words Haste you slowly and affirmed that a thing was done soon enough when it was well done To shew that Honour ought to be dearer then Interest he said he would rather bestow the right of exemption than the right of Burghership The People making complaint to him of thâ— dearness of Wine he sent them to those Fouâ—â—tains which his Son-in-Law had brought intâ— the City To oblige a Parricide to deny his Crime bâ— said to him most certainly thou hast not muâ—thered thy Father A friend of his maintaining a slanderer whâ— had often bit him You feed said he aâ— ill-natured Beast and the other replyingâ— he would turn him away if he pleased No said he It was I that made you so good Friends As he was eating at anothers a servant having by chance broken a Crystal Jarr cast himself at his feet to implore that he might not be given to the Lampries not refusing any other manner of Death for that monster of cruelty fed perhaps those Fish with humane bodies to make them more delicious At which Augustus in wrath caused all the Crystal Vessels to be broken that were left as being the instrumental cause said he of the cruelty of his Friend after he had reproached him severely for his crime An Advocate having said in a cause that such a one had spoken ill of him he reply'd you shall be revenged by speaking ill of him when your turn comes Another time he said it was enough that he could do him no ill He never recommended his Children to the People without adding If they deserve it When he was dying he asked his Friends whether he had acted his part well and spoke â—o them as they are wont to do at the end of â— Comedy Clap your hands if the Play have â—leased you Augustus having gently chid his Daughter because she had dressed her self too gawdily â—he next day she attired her self more moâ—estly and he praising her for it I dressed â—ny self to day said she for my Father and â—esterday to please my Husband She â—ad spoken true if she had said for her Galâ—ant She being exhorted to imitate the modesty of her Father said he has forgot he is a Prince but I have not forgot I am an Empeâ—ors Daughter Agrippa said a Soveraign cannot endure Subâ—ects that are greater then himself That Princes left the most difficult undertakings to others and reserved the more easie to themselves Or rather That one mustâ—â—ake the danger to ones self and leave the Honour of the thing to the Prince It is said likewise That Princes leave the Acts of Justice to the Subjects and reserve those of mercy to themselves Tiberius would not suffer any one should call him Lord it being then a divine Title nor that they should say his Sacred Employments and one telling him he was come to attend the Senate by his order No said he but by my advice He scoffed at those who after three score years of age made use of any Physician Becaâ—â—â— they ought in that length of time to have observeâ— sufficiently what would do them good and what wâ—â— hurtful He did not often change those that were iâ— Offices or Governments and gave this foâ— his reason That Flies do not bite so mucâ— when they are glutted Or fresh Leeches sucâ— most Blood The one is more for the advantage 〈◊〉 the Subject the other of the Prince Being pressed to punish the Authors of some Libels he told them That in a free Towâ— their Tongues ought to be free likewise And the Senate continuing their Complaints he added That they had other business enough to do and if once they should set opeâ— that Door they should be able to do nothing else The Treasurers of the Provinces being of opinion that the Taxes should be encreased he said The Sheep ought to be sheared but not flayed Being informed that a criminal had made away himself he said He had escaped from his vengeance And another beseeching him to hasten his Death he added That he was not yet reconciled to him And indeed his Tutor said of him when he was young That he was compounded of Dirt and Blood mingled because of his sullen and cruel Humor His Mother declared that a chast woman was no more moved at the sight of a naked man then of a Statue Caligula speaking of his Subjects said Let them hate me provided they fear me Another time he said There is
none is obliged to perform an unjust promise and that if it be a fault to promise it it is a double crime to perform it He said we must have a regard from whence did proceed either reproof or praise before we could well judge of it and that there was a great deal of pleasure to be commended by those that might as well blame us without fear Because it is no credit to be praised by a Rascal or by one that has no understanding or to be blamed by any the like persons signifies no thing Having been seated at the lower end of the Table at a Feast This was to let you know said he that it is not the place that makes the Person honorable but the Person makes the place so The upper end is wherever the most eminent person is seated and it is him they first serve A Physician prescribing him a very strickt Diet. Should I take all the Drugs in the World said he it could never make me immortal A Mouse having in his sight bitten a little Boy that caught it If it be dangerous said he to attack the least Animal much more to assault a Man of Courage Brasidas upon the like occasion said there was no Animal so small or weak but was willing to defend its Liberty Tisaphernes having broken his Word with him he said I am obliged to him for having engaged the Gods on the Grecians side by his Perjury Selling in his presence many Slaves and much Plunder gained from the Persians and finding all the People run to the Plunder not minding the Slaves because of their effeminate breeding Behold what are the Combatants said he and what is the reward of combating He once refused some Presents from the King of Persia saying he gloried more in taking than in receiving from his Enemy and in making his Soldiers rich rather than himself He said he would rather be Master over himself than the best City in the Enemy's power and rather preserve his own Liberty then usurp anothers Though he was a great observer of the Laws yet he once wrote to a Judge a Friend of his who had imprisoned one to release him again whether he were Innocent or Guilty and that he would do this either for his Requests or for Justices sake Upon a precipitate Decamping wavering whether he should forsake a sick person whom he loved How difficult is it said he to love and to be wise He said a Prince ought to be distinguished from his Subjects by his Vertues and not by his Pleasures and therefore he went always simply clad ate accordingly and would lye no softer then the meanest Soldier and being told that he would one day perhaps be forced to alter his method of living I have used my self said he not to change in a time for change And indeed so he lived to his end to take away all excuse from young people when they saw a Prince and an old man do the same that he advised them to practise He said The Lacedemonian Laws for their chief foundation had the contempt of Pleasures and liberty for their reward Passing through a Country where the Inhabitants lived in all Licentiousness and they having brought him a great many Presents he took only their Corn for his Soldiers and when they earnestly pressed him to accept of the rest he caused it to be distributed amongst the Slaves and said Men of courage ought not to esteem of those things which were the delight of mean Spirits The same People having ordained divine Honors to be paid him he asked them whether they had the power to make Deities and if so wherefore they did not begin with themselves With the same austerity he rejected those Statues the Cities of Asta would have erected nor would suffer his picture to be made there being no Portraiture so good of any eminent man as his own Actions He used to say The Strength of a City did not consist in the Walls but in the courage of the Inhabitants The Remainder is in the Apophthegmes of Licurgus or Antalidas When he would have any thing done with expedition he put his own hand first to the Work and took a pride in labouring as much as any private Soldier The rest is elsewhere He said we ought not to heap up a provision of riches but of vertues A Cripple seeking to get a Horse that he might fight in a Battle Friend said he thou seekest for legs to run away withal for thine are good enough to stand in Fight with It is not so verbatim in the original but that is not so requisite in an Apophthegm as the good sence Another Cripple being rallied withal for going to the Wars said the question was not running away but standing stoutly to it He was asked how one should render himself illustrious By despising of Death replyed he another time to the same question he answered By saying well and doing the same To one that asked him wherefore the Lacedemonians went to battle with the sound of a flute he replyed To discern the cowards from the valiant by the Gate of their Marching Lycurgus gives another reason As some were admiring the felicity of a young Prince At the same Age saies he Priam was a happy man too In the height of his Conquests being recalled by the Ephores he said It was not â—ess the devoir of a Prince to obey the Laws â—hen to command over men Upon his return he asked whether they would have him pass as a Friend or an Enemy and some Barbarians requiring an hundred Talents and a hundred beautiful Women to let him pass quietly he told them they should come and fetch them and so Marching immediately against them defeated them Having asked the same thing of the Lacedemonian King and that Prince desiring time to consider Let him consider still said he in the mean time we will not stop our March Two of his Friends having been detained in a City of Thessaly whither they went to treat he replyed to those that would have counselled him to force the place That to gain all Thessaly he would no hazard the life of one of those Friends That Sounds more of an honest man then a Politician Hearing of a Bloody battle that had been fought near Corinth How miserable is Grecia said he to turn their Weapons against themselves since with much lesser numbers then have been lost we might have conquered all Persia. As much might be said of Christendom He Solicited his Sister to run with her Chariot in the Olympian Games for the prize To make them know said he that there was no thing either great or generous in that exercise He advised Xenophon to bring up his Children at Lacedemonia To learn the Noblest of all the Sciences which is to command and to obey He bestowed several Employments on his Enemies to turn said he their hatred into Friendship An Advocate desiring Letters of recommendations for a Judge that was his Friend My
quality Demarat being a little rudely treated by Orontus told those who began to murmur at it It is those who flatter us that do us hurt and not those that treat us ill Being asked why such as lost their Bucklers were punished at Sparta and not those that threw away the rest of their Arms It is said he because they are permitted to forsake their own Defence but not that of others The joyning of several Bucklersâ— served as a kind of a Rampard to the bastaillon He said of a man that play'd well on the Lyre that man fools pleasantly enough In an Assembly where he was silent being asked whether it were out of stupidity or prudence A fool said he cannot hold his Tongue One having asked him wherefore he fled from Lacedemonia where he was King It is said he because the Laws have more power then the Sovereign A Persian Lord that had revolted from his Prince returned to Court at the instance of Demarat and when the Prince would have put him to Death It would be shameful said he to take away his life now he is your Friend since you could not do it while he was your Enemy Pyrrbus endeavouring to oblige the Lacedemonians to restore their King Cleonyme If thou art a God said Dercillidas we do not fear thee because we have done no ill and if thou art a man we are as brave as you can be An Ephory cutting the two Strings which a famous Musician had added to the Lyre Art not thou ashamed said he to corrupt Musick thus by rendering it low and effeminate whereas it was loud and Masculine Eudamidas told a Philosopher who talked of the art of War that none could discourse knowingly of it that had not been wakened by sound of Trumpet Or have practised what one would teach When they would have obliged him to make War upon the Macedonians after the Persians defeat It is not said he the same thing to have to deal with a thousand Sheep as with fifty Wovles Some speaking in praise of the City of Athens No man said he is become the better for having been thereâ— Another observing that the Lacedemonians were corrupted in Strange Countries but none said he are corrupted in Lacedemonia Alexander at the Olympick Games having caused Proclamation to be made that all such as were banished should be restored except the Thebans That is severe to them said he but it is Glorious Because Alexander feared them Observing an old Philosopher busy himselâ— still in the Search after Vertue When is it that the will put it in practice said he Another saâ—ing that none but a wise man could be a great Captain That 's very fine said he but it should be some great Captain that affirms it It being asked of a Lacedemonian wherefore the Ephori did Justice to private Persons To accustom themselves said he to do it to the Enemy They were the Soveraign Magistrates Having heard that at Athens they had condemned one because he did nothing Shew me said Herondas any one they have condemned for living nobly Because the Lacedemonians did nothing Upon the point of giving battle Agis would have sent home to Sparta an old man of Fourscore years to save him from danger Where can I find said he a braver place to dy in and would not go He dyed at his feet The Satrape of Caria having asked of Hippocratidas what treatment he would shew to a Lacedemonian who had not revealed a conspiracy If he were your Friend said he he hath deserved Death if not to be banished for not having courage enough to adhere to Vertue This is a little obscure Finding a young man much ashamed because he was met in ill company We ought to keep such company as will not make us blush said he One asking Leon where he should dwell to be in safety Where equallity reigns said he and whence injustice is banished at Lacedemonia At the Olympick Games seeing the Athletes making ready to take the advantage of starting upon the first Signal great Gods said he how much more passion have men for Honour then for Justice When Leonidas went forth to defend the pass of Thermopyles from whence he expected not to return his Wife asking whether he had nothing to say to her Nothing said he but only that you should marry again after my Death to some brave man that may get you Children like me The Ephori wondering he carried so few men for this enterprize Here are but too many said he to be â—lain And being asked what he would do with those few Companies Dye replyed he under the pretence of obstructing the Enemies passage To another that put the same question he said that all Greece did not equal those Enemies in number but these alone equall'd them in valour and being arrived let us lose no time said he the Enemy advances we must either dye or conquer Some body telling him aloud the Enemy approaches us and we them said he One telling him to amaze him that the very Sun would be darkned with the Persians Arrows The better said he we shall fight in the shade then Xerxes having sent him word that agreeing with him he would bestow the whole Empire of Greece upon him I had rather dye for my Country replyed he then command it unjustly He added that Xerxes deceived himself in believing it a Vertue to usurp anothers right That Prince having sent to him to Surrender his Arms he answered He should come and fetch them Being asked wherefore brave men preferred Death to life Because they hold one by Fate and the other from their Vertues said he Leotychides accused for being changeableâ— It is not I that change replyed he but the times Or affairs One asking him the way to preserve whâ—â— he had not to expose it to Fortune said he As some were telling another of that name that a Slanderer had spoken ill of him That is said he because a Slanderer can speak well of none The Prognosticators making it a great Prodigy that a Serpent had wound it self round the Key of his Chamber-Door No said he but it would be one if the Key should wind it self about the Serpent This alludes to that of Cato of the Mouse that had nibbled the Stockin A distressed wretch who was initiated in the Mysteries of Orpheus asserting that all such who were so should be thrice happy after their Death Why doest thou not die immediately then said he Lysander being reproached for doing things unworthy of Hercules from whom the Lacedemonians drew their Original We must piece the Foxes furr said he to the Lyons skin where it wants Alluding to Hercule's his Lyon Those of Argos alledging better reasons then the Lacedemonians upon some difference betwixt them He that hath the best Sword said he will have the most right This smells of the corruption of that Age for
inê° his afflictions often repeated this Verse of Euripides Alas Wherefore alas nothing is befallen us but what is humane As much as to say that man is born to suffer Carneades said that great men Learned nothing perfectly but to mount on Horse-back because Horses do not Flatter them Metrocles caused all his Writings to be Burnt before he dyed as Whimsies that deserved not to be brought to light He said that Knowledge or Sciences were acquired by time other things by money Xenophanes said one must either not keep company with great men or else comply with their humours Anaxarques said that Justice was Painted standing by Iupiter's side to shew that all the Actions of Kings were just Or rather those of the Deity While they were Braying him to Death in a Mortar he told them that it was not Anaxarque they were Braying but only his outward case and spit out his Tongue in the Tyrants Face when he threatned to cut it out Pyrrho envied the Felicity of a Hog which eat during the Tempest and said that a Wise man ought to attain to that Intrepidity Or fearlesness Defending himself one day against a Dog he said it was very difficult to forget the man Tho he believed every thing indifferent Or thought nothing certain Demetrius having received a great disgrace if I had known said he this had been the will of the Gods I would have prevented them The Emperour having offered him two hundred Talents You should not have made two biddings to tempt me said he you should have profer'd your Empire Demonax said of such as neglected their minds to take care of their Bodies that they furnished their House but never minded the Master He added that men puzled their Brains to know how the World was made and never troubled their Heads to understaud how they were made themselves which is a much more useful point of knowledge He told the Athenians who were about to set up the Combats of Gladiators that they ought first to pull down the Altar of Mercy He said to a Sophister who asked him wherefore doest thou speak ill of me Because thou art concerned at it The only means to put Calumny to silence is to be unconcerned at it Or despise it One asking him upon what consideration he had taken up Philosophy upon my being a man replyed he He said if Divinators could change the order of the Fates one could not give them too much if not one could not give them too little Either credit respect or reward That Laws were useless because there was no need of them for good men and the bad were not â—made the better by them They are not really the better but are forced to appear so or counterfeit That Friends did more Mischief then Enemies because one suspected them not Epictetes said that before we put any thing into a Pot it ought to be washed for fear of spoiling or losing all To shew we must correct our faults before we undertake the Sciences He comprised all Morality in these two words Sustain and Abstain that is to say Strength and Temperance There is a particular Treatise of his other Sentiments APOPHTHEGMES OF Diverse Persons DEmades the Orator after the Death of Alexander compared his Army to Polyphemus who was Blind Dining one Day with Phocion who fed very coursly how can a man said he that is satisfyed with so little medle with Publick affairs Or trouble himself with the Government To a Prince who did some Actions unworthy of his Dignity he said that Fortune had made him a Prince and he had made himself a Sordid Fellow Antigonus observing a brave Soldier whom he had caused to be cured of a long Sickness to be less daring afterwards aud demanding the Reason of it It is your self replyed he that are the cause of it by having cured me of that distemper which made me hate my life Alexander reproaching a Pirate for his thefts I am a Pirate said he because I have but onâ— single Ship For if I had a good Fleet should be a Conquerour Sulpitius Gallus having repudiated hiâ— Wife who had walked abroad unveiled said in his own excuse that a Woman of reputation ought to be known by none but heâ— Husband Some body having heard that Musick animated Alexander to Fight It would have been much better for mankind said he if it haâ— dispirited him Or cooled his courage Themistocles having demanded money oâ— those of Andros in the name of two great Gods Power and Justice they excused themselves in the name of two greater Poverty and Impossibility The Athenians being assembled to Banisâ—â— one of their Citizens according to their Ostracisme a poor man not knowing Aristides desires of him to write the name oâ— Aristides down for him and Aristides inquiring of him the Reason Because I am vext said he to hear him called the Just. The pride of that surname displeased him tho he haâ— deserved it A Carthaginian not daring to go to the Romans because some treacherous thing had been done to one of their Magistrates Fear not said the Consuls the Roman Generosity secures thee from all dangers Or Treachery Those of Numantia chiding their Young-men for Flying upon the approach of Scipio when they had so often beaten the Romans This is the same Flock indeed said they but it is not the same Shipherd The Poet Simonides called Poetry a speaking Picture and Painting silent Poetry Being asked whether was better to be Rich or to be wise There would be no difficulty in determining this question replyed he if we did not so often find the Wise-men at the Rich mens Doors Pausanias intreating him to give him some good Counsel Remember said he that thou art man His Ambition ruining him He told such as reproved him for Covetousness that he would rather leave something to his kindred then Beg any thing of his Friends He said the Thessalians were too dull to be cheated by a cunning man Hieron asking him what opinion he had of the Gods The more I think on 't said he the more difficulties I find about it An Ambassador from the Athenians speaking a little boldly to Philip of Macedon and that Prince threatning to take away his life My Country said he will give me another that shall be immortal One of the Ancients said that he who had got a good Husband for his Daughter had gained a Son and he that met with a bad one had lost a Daughter Isocrates used to say of two of his Scholars that the one wanted a Bridle the other a Spur And that himself was like a Whetstone toâ— sharpen Knives which does not cut it self tho it gives other things an Edge Because he had made the greatest Orators yet durst not speak in publick To a Young man that loved to Work he said that he heaped up a Treasure for old Age. A Talkative Fellow willing to Learn of him he asked
Bed contains us both very well â—t if we fall out the whole City is not wide â—ough to hold us This appeased the Sedition A man saved as it were by Miracle from â—eat Peril and Danger cryed out To what â—est thou reserve me Fortune As distrustâ—g her very Favours It was the saying of a Prince that we must â—spence with Justice in small matters to keep â— in greater Or do Iustice in great Occasions â—er then in small It hath been said of Tyrants that he that â—s much feared had much to fear An Actor walking on his Tip-toes to reâ—esent the great Agamemnon they called out â— him and said he made him tall but not â—eat and that he ought to seem pensive and â—otriving Another reproved by the People for not â—eping enough Gravity when he acted the â—t of Hercules he pulling off his Vizard â—ld them aloud You Fools I am acting a Furious person He was to act Herculeâ— Furens Another acting Oedipus his companionâ— said you see plainly As not counterfeiting â— blind man well One of the Ancients said of the Romans that they did undergo Evil better then gooâ— Fortune and Labour better then Idleness It may be said of all Nations and almost of a mankind A Philosopher said we choose evil wheâ— weary or cloyed with good This is verâ— true in the change of Modes and many other sucâ— like things Some body said to a Prince who made theâ— drive away the Flies That those were not thâ— worst He meant Court Flies or Flatterers One said the best Fish were those that diâ— not smell too much of Fish As much may â— said of wild Fowl the best or most convenâ—â—ent Navigation is along the Shoar and the pleasantest walking near a Riverâ— side A Prince pretending to find fault with somâ— Pictures in a Painters House the Painteâ— told him he made the very Prentices Laugâ— at him whereas they had a respect for him while he said nothing Another having Painted a Bunch of Grapeâ— so well that the Birds came to peck at theâ— His Antagonists to out-vie him Painted Curtain so dexterously that the first cominâ— to see it went to draw aside the Curtain thaâ— â—e might see the Picture and finding his mistake acknowledged he was out donâ— For â—â—id he I only cheated the Birds and you â—ave cheated or deceived a man Another time having Painted a little Boy â—arrying a Bunch of Grapes in his hand and â—he Birds coming to eat them likewise he said â—â—e Grapes were livelier Painted then the Boy â—therwise the Birds â—durst not have come so â—ear Some admiring to see vast quantities of useâ—ss Houshold-Stuff at a Rich mans he said â—man is Rich only in these viz. in superâ—â—us things An excellent Sculptor having made two â—â—gures one according to the Rules of Art â—e other by the directions of the people â—e first being most admired he said that it â—s the people had made the other As done by â—or directions Some body going about to deface a Tyrants â—â—ure he was told that he ought to make â—ar against the Tyrant and not against the â—inter Some certain Soldiers being terrify'd at â—ne Prodigies Leave the consideration of â—ose things to the Astrologers and Soothâ—ers and their Captain and do your duâ— A General that had done eminent service â— his Prince being Poysoned upon Suspiciâ—â— or the like occasions said this we get â— great men in serving them Thus many â—e Perished through jealousie or fear One â—aking some Security or Writing froâ— a Frienâ— to whom he lent money said thâ— is not because I would demand it as a Creditoâ— but as a Friend A man that looked very ill showing hâ— Doctor a Sore-finger 'T is not there thy â— stemper resides go and make thy Will One seeing a man fallen into a Well aâ— asking him how he came in there That not the question replyed he but how to gâ— out A Physician having cured a Patient and tâ— Patient another time using the same Mediciâ— without effect 'T is because it was not I saâ— he that prescribed it It was to let him knoâ— that it is not enough to know the Receipt but â— Season and other Circumstances to apply it It is said that the worst of all Winds aâ— those which uncover us Because they take way that which was intended our Shelter A Lady meeting her Gallant who had sâ—saken her after he had given many Rich pâ—sents Why said she will you lose all you hâ— bestow'd on me A Woman wooed by her Husbands Murthâ—er agreed to Marry him at which some miring It is to revenge my self the more curely said she and Poyson'd him One about to Marry a handsome Womaâ— but ill spoken of he was told That in Mâ—â—riage he was not only to consult with Eyes but with his Ears also One having preferred her Brothers safâ— before either that of her Son or her Husbaâ— said that she might have other Sons or Husbands but no Brothers An old Woman wishing long life to a Tyrant said to such as wondered at it It is for fear lest a worst succeed him Old Women are great observers of Proverbs and this is one seldom comes a better A Sick man fretting at every thing was told the things you find fault with are not ill It is your self One of the Ancients speaking of Voluptuous pleasures said we tast Honey only with the tip of the Finger A Gouty Fellow said he had Hands and feet only to endure pain Because he would not use them Some endeavouring to make a man in trouble Laugh The afflicted said he are not to be comforted but with Tears An Orator that had not considence to speak in publick said to excuse himself that he was not afraid of others but of himself A Grammarian told an Emperour who spoke a word that was not Current or in use that he might make a meer Stranger a free Denizon but not a Syllable with all the power he had A Widow excusing her self because she did not Marry again said her first Husband was still living in her Heart One of the Ancients said that he that hated Vice hated men because they are vicious It is also said for another Reason that we must hate the Vice but not the Person Because man ought not to be the object of our hatred but the defects he isâ— subject to from which being purged he becomes mâ—st justly an object of our Love A Lady being asked which was the best complexion she replyed Bashfulness Or a Blushing Modesty One of the Ancients speaking of the times he lived in said that formerly they reckoned but Seven wise men but now every one thought himself one Another speaking of Riches said that it cost but little to heap up much and much to heap uplittle Because when one has nothing it is hard to bear up any thing but when one hath some it is casie to make it more Papinian told an Emperour who would needs oblige him to defend a
that he might have some Guard to secure him from Robbery This was a Scoff for having received no money there was no danger of being Robb'd A Senator under a pretence of liberty having in the open Senate said a thousand Flattering things of a Prince who was there he was asked Whether he did not â—ear he might lose his life for his liberty In the Original it is your liberty will cost you your life The Prince being a Iealous and Suspicious man As they were reproaching a General of an Army for his running away It was Sirs replyed he because I would not leave you As much as to say they ran away first A Lacedemonian being asked wherefore he Drank so Sparingly at a Feast To lead those home again that will be Drunk replyed he It has been said so in general of the Lacedemonians because they were no great Drinkers A Poet taking a great deal of pains to Praise Castor and Pollux in a Panegyrick he wrote upon another he to whom it was designed gave him but the one half of what he had promised and when he grumbled Let Castor and Pollux said he pay you the remainder Or their share Denis the Tyrant reading some sorry Rhymes to Philoxenes to have his approbation Let me be sent back again to the Quarrys said he As much as to say he would rather be sent to dig as a Slave in the Quarrys again then be obliged to approve of what he thought did not deserve it He had been once before condemned to that Slavery for the liberty of his Tongue But the Tyrant took this for a piece of Gallantry as indeed Philoxenes intended it and did not punish him for it As it was the Custom of those who were made Free from Slavery to give some Present to their Patrons when they marry'd their Daughters or designed any enterprizeâ— one of Augustus his freed-men having written down the Summ in a Note that Prince altered the Figures and made it twice as much at which the other being surprized made yet no difficulty to pay it but the next time he put down in his Note What you please Chrysipus shaking his Legs at a great Feast and notwithstanding making most excellent discourses the maid Servant attending said that nought but his Legs were Drunk A great man being accused for making defence for a wicked Fellow in a Court of Justice Why said he an honest man does not need any one to defend him Because they commit no Crimes He said if it were a sign of Wit to Babble much the Swallows or Daws Parrots and Magpies were to be prized Some Judges having for Bribes absolved a guilty Person after they had required a Guard that they might give their opinions freely Is it said Catullus that you were afraid lest the money should be taken from you which was given to corrupt you One said to an ill reader when you read you sing and when you sing you sing scurvily Some body that would be thought handsome and was no so asking a Philosopher if a wise man ought to love No replyed he unless he be as handsome and well shaped as thy self A Philosopher said of a Debauchee who had eaten up all his estate That the Earth had swallowed up Amphiaraus but this man had swallowed his Land A rich man having treated a Philosopher very magnificently excused his profuseness and laid it upon the Score of his over great plenty and Riches Would you replyed he excuse your Cook for over-Salting your Meat or Sauce upon this account of having more Salt then was needful A man of Quality presenting his Son most curiously drest to a Philosopher He is very pretty said he but he resembles his Mother Some body speaking to him in the old Dialect Are you not ashamed said he to talk to me in Agamemnon's Language when I speak in our own One Laughing at him for shewing some fear at his going into a Bath which was too hot Why said he this is not like venturing ones life for ones Country A Lewd Fellow being twitted that he waited for his Father's Death to pay his creditors I do not wait for it replyed he Pray God thou mayst wait for it answered another As fearing he might hasten it by making him away Philopemen being sound by his Servants drawing Water out of a Well I am paying the reward due to my ill countenance said he It hapnin g that he coming to his Inn before any of his trainâ— the Maid who knew him not by his ill meen took him for some ordinary Fellow and pray'd him to draw her some Water she being very busie to provide things against the arrival of Philopemen A Thracian Prince being sollicited by both Parties during the Wars of Troy advised Paris to yeild up the Lady and said he would give him two for one A Rascal telling Lelius that he was unworthy of his Ancestors And thou worthy of thine replyed he A Roman Knight interrogated by a Censor how he came to be so Fat and his Horse so Lean It is replyed he because my man looks to my Horse and I look to my self He was fined for this answer One reformed from his Debaucheries by a fit of Sickness said that if he had not been Sick he had been Dead Sertorius being retreated at the coming of Metellus after he had beaten Pompey Had it not been for this old man said he I would have curryed that Child to some purpose The one was very old the other very Young A Courtier being at a Princes Table and having a mind to Eat of a great Fish at the upper end took a little one and held it to his Ear Being desired to tell what he meant by that I only asked this a question and it replies it knows nothing of it but I must inquire of it's Grandfather at the upperend of the Table there Some applauding a King for his ability in great Drinking That 's a commendation for a Spunge said one and not for a Prince A Philosopher turned out of his Country for his speaking too freely said he was more unfortunate then the Crickets who might Sing as long as they pleased and none controuled them Of a most excellent Actor it was said that he spoke with his Hands Or rather a Pantonimick A Captive Philosopher observing a little Effeminate Fellow a-Bargaining for him Do buy me said he for thou needest a man One of the Ancients called run-away Soldiers Hares in Armour A Thief having Robbed one said to the owner of the Goods by way of excuse I did not know the things I Stole belonged to you But you knew replyed he that they belonged not to your self A Poet said he had two Chests at Home one to hold praises or compliments and the other for money And that he found the first alwayes full but the other quite empty Against such as pay with excuses and meer Ceremoâ—ies but deny just rewards Another said he did not desire his Works should be