Sect。XXXIV。
SINCEVirtuousActionshavetheirownTrumpets，andwithoutanynoisefromthyselfwillhavetheirresoundabroad；busynotthybestMemberintheEncomiumofthyselfPraiseisadebtweoweuntotheVirtuesofothers，&；dueuntoourownfromall，whomMalicehathnotmadeMutes，orEnvystruckDumb。Fallnothoweverintothecommonprevaricatingwayofselfcommendationandboasting，bydenotingtheimperfectionsofothers。Hewhodiscommendethothersobliquelycommendethhimself。HewhowhisperstheirinfirmitiesproclaimshisownExemptionfromthem，andconsequentlysays，IamnotasthisPublican，orHicNiger*，whomItalkof。Openostentationandloudvaingloryismoretolerablethanthisobliquity，asbutcontainingsomeFroath，noInk，asbutconsistingofapersonalpieceoffolly，norcomplicatedwithuncharitableness。
Superfluouslyweseekaprecariousapplauseabroad：everygoodManhathhisplauditewithinhimself；andthoughhisTonguebesilent，isnotwithoutloudCymbalsinhisBreast。ConsciencewillbecomehisPanegyrist，andneverforgettocrownandextolhimuntohimself。*HicNigerest，hunctuRomanecaveto。Horace。
Sect。XXXV。
BLESSnotthyselfonlythatthouwertborninAthens*；butamongthymultiplyedacknowledgmentsliftuponehanduntoHeaven，thatthouwertbornofHonestParents，thatModesty，Humility，Patience，andVeracitylayinthesameEgg，andcameintotheWorldwiththee。Fromsuchfoundationsthoumay’stbeHappyinaVirtuousprecocity，andmakeanearlyandlongwalkinGoodness；somay’stthoumorenaturallyfeelthecontrarietyofViceuntoNature，&；resistsomebytheAntidoteofthyTemper。AsCharitycovers，soModestypreventethamultitudeofsins；withholdingfromnoondayVicesandbrazen—brow’dIniquities，fromsinningonthehousetop，&；paintingourfollieswiththeraysoftheSun。WherethisVirtuereigneth，thoughVicemayshowitsHead，itcannotbeinitsGlory：whereshameofsinsets，looknotforVirtuetoarise；forwhenModestytakethWing，Astraea**goessoonafter。*AsSocratesdid。AthensaplaceofLearningandCivility。