Masters. Mistresses. Servants.

JUDGMENTS of persons tempers are to be made by their domestic behaviour, and by their treatment of their Servants, i. 62. 207. [64. 215].

Servants should take care, if there are any young La|dies where they live, how they make parties, or assist in clandestine correspondencies, i. 155. [161].

Policy, as well as generosity, will induce Masters and Mistresses to repose a confidence in their Servants, ii. 59. [150].

People in low stations have often minds not sordid, ibid.

Take number for number, there are more honest low people, than high, ibid.

Many Servants will scorn to deceive a confidence, ibid.

That Servant cannot have sound principles, who can allow herself to say, that her Mistress shall not suspect her for nothing, ibid.

A Master's communicativeness to his Servants, is a Page  160 means for an enemy to come at his sercrets, ii. 226. [309].

The Servants of people of quality generally talk of their Master's pedigree and descent, with as much pride as if they were related to him, iii. 13. v. 120. [iii. 157. vi. 22].

Servants seldom keep their Master's secrets from one another, be those secrets of ever so much importance to their Master, iii. 13. [157].

Servants are generally worse to have concerns with, than their Principals, iii. 35. [180].

The greatest plagues people of condition meet with, proceed from the Servants they take with a view to les|sen their cares, iv. 18. [205].

Servants will be apt to take liberties with those Ma|sters who employ them in a way that their duty will not warrant, iv. 312. [v. 147].

Servants united in one cause, are intimate the moment they see one another, iv. 329. [v. 165, 166].

They know immediately the kin, and the kin's kin, of each other, tho' dispersed over the three kingdoms, as well as the genealogies and kin's kin of those whom they serve, iv. 329. [v. 166].

See Lovelace's opinion of Servants, vi. 261. [vii. [182-185].

Mild and humane-temper'd Masters are seldom duly observed by their Servants, vi. 250. [vii. 172, 173].

Servants often make excuses for faults with such looks, as shew they believe not what they themselves say, vi. 250. [vii. 173].

It becomes not gentlemen to treat with insolence peo|ple who by their stations are humbled beneath their feet, ibid.

A Master owes protection to the meanest of his house|hold, vi. 251. [vii. 173].

He that rewards well, and punishes seasonably and properly, will be well served, vi. 260. [vii. 183].

The art of governing the under-bred lies more in looks than in words, ibid.

The Master who pays not his Servants duly, or in|trusts them with secrets, lays himself at their mercy, ibid.

Page  161 Wit in a Servant, except to his companions, is sauci|ness, Lovel. vi. 261. [vii. 184].

If a Servant ventures to expostulate upon a supposed unreasonable command, he should wait for a proper sea|son, and do it with humility and respect, ibid.

See Generosity. Goodness.