LETTER VIII.

_TRADES._

Non possidentem multa vocaveris Recte beatum: rectius occupat Nomen Beati, qui Deorum Muneribus sapienter uti, Duramque callet pauperiem pati.

_Hor._ lib. iv. od. 9 [vv. 45-9].

Non uxor salvum te vult, non filius: omnes Vicini oderunt; noti, pueri atque puellæ. Miraris, cum tu argento post omnia ponas, Si nemo præstet, quem non merearis, amorem?

_Hor._ Sat. lib. 1. [Sat. 1. vv. 84-7].

Non propter vitam faciunt patrimonia quidam, Sed vitio cæci propter patrimonia vivunt.

_Juvenal._ Sat. 12. [vv. 50-1].

No extensive Manufactories in the Borough: yet considerable Fortunes made there--Ill Judgment of Parents in disposing of their Sons--The best educated not the most likely to succeed--Instance--Want of Success compensated by the lenient Power of some Avocations--The Naturalist--The Weaver an Entomologist, &c.--A Prize-Flower--Story of Walter and William.