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461 Learn the true value of every thing and you will seldom make a bad bargain 462 When you find yourself out of humour drink three glasses of wine but if your bad humour be occasioned by wine then drink as many draughts of cold water 463 History may be said to embody truth 464 Good housewives should read Culina over and over It is a kind of Culinary Catechism 465 When you are likely to appear before a court of judicature take a few minutes of the case while they are fresh in your memory
466 It is one of the greatest miseries of human life to have disobedient chil dren But to have affectionate ones is the greatest of all earthly blessings 467 If you are a juryman on a trial of lunacy do not suffer yourself to be biassed by a ready answer to a common question but endeavour to find out whether the person be equal to the ma nagement of his own private affairs which is the end and purpose of the examination 468 What is a luxury in one country is not a luxury in another In the East and West Indies a pint of cold water is more prized than a pint of claret 469 When you have written yourself into reputation be content If you go further you may write yourself out of it 470 The honour of dancing attend ance after a great man is generally all that a man gets or deserves

This is the thirty-eighth 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 thirty-seven 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) 

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