MAXIME CLXI.

To know the failings wherein one takes pleasure.

The most accomplished man hath al∣ways some, whereof he is either the Hus∣band or Gallant. They are to be found in the wit, and the greater that is, the greater, and more remarkable are they: not but that he who has them, knows them; but because he loves them. To be passionate, and to be passionate for vices, are two evils. These faults are the blemishes of perfection. They as much offend those who see them as they please those who have them. Here is the fair occasion for one to overcome him∣self, and to put the cap-stone upon his other perfections. Every one levels at that work, and in stead of praising all that is to be admired, stop short to Cen∣sure a fault, which, as they say, disfigures all the rest.