Advice of a father, or, Counsel to a child directing him to demean himself in the most important passages of this life.

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Title: Advice of a father, or, Counsel to a child directing him to demean himself in the most important passages of this life.
Publication: London :: Printed for the author,; 1664.
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Subject terms: Youth -- Conduct of life.; Conduct of life.
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LXXIII.

By much laughter thou mayst knovv a fool; it deforms the face, and no less the mind; a great spirit is not easily moved, nor a solid sub∣stance soon stirred; it is the unballasted Ves∣sel that mounts with every wave, to be sudden∣ly affected argues a frothy spirit; it shews lit∣tle discretion, sometimes to express our joyes. I have known some, whose wit hath exceeded their wisdom, so tickled with their own con∣ceits, that while they would in a Jest be count∣ed witty, have given occasion to be in earnest taxed of folly.