Regency Culture and Society: Men and Manners (45)

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544 The mind of man is never satis fied We constantly long after something unpossessed 545 Very young people generally dream in courtship and awake in wed lock 546 It is an awful reflection that when at sea there are but a few boards between us and eternity 547 We are much obliged to the antiquary for enabling us to shake hands familiarly with those of ancient times 548 An alderman after a turtle feast does not sleep half so sound as a day labourer after a mess of oatmeal por ridge 549 In every block of marble there exists some venerable bust but an ar fist is wanted to chip off the super fluities
550 The harder you fare when youu are young the better you will fare when you are old 551 Buttermilk and potatoes make better flesh and blood than all the deli cacies of Epicurus 552 A man who makes many pros fessions is least to be trusted 553 Whatever disease you are most afraid of you are in the most danger of catching in consequence of your fear 554 When you have a humble friend in your house treat her with kindness and eivility as it is unworthy of a gene rous mind to give uneasiness to one who is perhaps your equal in every thing but her mifortunes 555 If when you are alone your wife keep a neat but not an expensive table you need not be ashamed to see a friend or two at a moment's notice 98
This is the forty-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 forty-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) 

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