Regency Culture and Society: Men and Manners (25)

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313 Credulity is the parent of quackery 1 314 A woman who is constantly seen in the street is seldom good for any thing when out of it 315 Count money after your father your grandfather and the best friend you have in the world 316 A story teller should often change his residence to prevent his having the mortification of telling his stories too often to the same company 317 Take away a man's eyes and you make him cheerful Take away his ears and you make him melancholy 318 Be very cautious when you make a bargain with a wary man 319 It is not a generous thought but I believe the fear of being detected has kept many a man honest 320 If you have a good horse never be tempted to dispose of him for money as what you then get is generally lost in future bargains 321 A woman who is continually con tradicting her husband in trifling matters will soon teach him to despise her 322 When a man sells his estate he is in general in want of money and con sequently does not take time to know its real value 323 Every new ministry in these times is more to be pitied than envied being set up as a mark for fools and knaves to shoot at 324 Man is placed by God at the head of the creation and it is unbecom ing in him to forget the dignity of his station 325 Active services should be left to young men Passive services to old ones

This is the twenty-fifth post in our Men and Manners, Maxims for life by a Gentleman (Men and Manners ; Or, Concentrated Wisdom. 4th Ed. Much Enlarged, 1809) series.  For the first twenty four posts:

Regency Culture and Society: Men and Manners 

Regency Culture and Society: Men and Manners (2) 

Regency Culture and Society: Men and Manners (3) 

Regency Culture and Society: Men and Manners (4) 

Regency Culture and Society: Men and Manners (5) 

Regency Culture and Society: Men and Manners (6) 

Regency Culture and Society: Men and Manners (7)

Regency Culture and Society: Men and Manners (8) 

Regency Culture and Society: Men and Manners (9) 

Regency Culture and Society: Men and Manners (10)

Regency Culture and Society: Men and Manners (11)

Regency Culture and Society: Men and Manners (12) 

Regency Culture and Society: Men and Manners (13)

Regency Culture and Society: Men and Manners (14) 

Regency Culture and Society: Men and Manners (15)

Regency Culture and Society: Men and Manners (16)

Regency Culture and Society: Men and Manners (17)

Regency Culture and Society: Men and Manners (18)

Regency Culture and Society: Men and Manners (19)

Regency Culture and Society: Men and Manners (20)

Regency Culture and Society: Men and Manners (21)

Regency Culture and Society: Men and Manners (22)

Regency Culture and Society: Men and Manners (23)

Regency Culture and Society: Men and Manners (24)

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