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BUt let nothing disquiet you, a Vertuous Person will at one time or another be thought good for something; and a Wise Man will once in an Age come in fashion.
I am much pleasd with the Re∣marks of Themistocles upon the A∣theneans, who resembled himself to a Plane-tree, the Leaves and Boughs whereof Men break off in fair Weather, and run under it for shelter in a Storm.
You must know that Honours and Preferments are rarely the re∣ward of Vertue, but the Issue of Pleasure or Interest: Is it not strange to observe a Person raised to the Dignity of a Constable of France, for having taught Mag∣pies to fly at Sparrows.
To what Grandeur do you think such another Person as Domitian, if he had lived in that Princes time, would have advanced himself un∣to who was so excellent at catch∣ing of Flies? But let Honour be your Merit, not your Expectation; and attain to Preferment, not by Winding Stairs but by the Scale of your own Vertues: If you miss of it, you must be content; there is a Reward for all things but for Vertue.
And it's sometimes a greater Ho∣nour to fail of the Reward of Me∣rit, than to receive it; the glory and highest recompence of Noble
Actions, is to have done them; and Vertue out of it self, can find no Retribution worthy of her.