Co     ^         OF PARENTS AND CHILDREN.

with them a show of fearfulness, which in any business
dcth spoil the feathers of round flying up to the
mark. The second, that it puzzleth and perplexeth
the conceits of many that perhaps would otherwise
co-operate with him, and makes a man walk almost
alone to his own ends. The third and greatest is,
i\9it it depriveth a man of one of the most principal
instruments for action, which is trust and belief. The
best composition and temperature is to have openness
in lame and opinion, secrecy in habit, dissimulation
in seasonable use, and a power to feign if there be
no remedy.
 

VIL

OF PARENTS AND CHILDREN.

The joys of parents are secret, and so are their griefs
and fears. They cannot utter the one, nor they will
not utter the other. Children sweeten labours, but
they make misfortunes more bitter. They increase
the cares of life, but they mitigate the remembrance