Moral maxims and reflections in four parts
La Rochefoucauld, François, duc de, 1613-1680., Sablé, Madeleine de Souvré, marquise de, 1599-1678. Maximes et pensées diverses. English., Ailly, d'. Mixed thoughts.
I.
WHAT we take for Vertue is frequently nothing else but the concurrence of several Actions, and several Aims; which either our own Industry, or Fortune for us con∣trives to bring together. And we are much mistaken, if we think that Men are always stout from a principle of Valour, or Women chast from a principle of Modesty.
