397
Education.—Education is a continuation of veneration, and frequently a kind of supplementary embellishment of it.
398
The characteristic of the choleric.—Of two persons who are fighting, loving or admiring each other, the more choleric will always be at a disadvantage. The same applies to two nations.
399
Self-excuse.—Many have the best possible right to act either in this or that mamer. But as soon as they begin to excuse themselves, we no longer believe in their rightand are mistaken.
400
Moral coddling.—There are characters of a delicate moral disposition who blush at every success and feel remorse after every failure.
401
Most dangerous loss.—We begin by losing the capacity of loving others and end by finding nothing lovable in ourselves—
