Peace and Security, for uncertain Pomp and Splendour; and forsake a Condition they know to be good, for one they know no more of, than that it Shines, and that it Glitters, and so part with the true Jewel for the false one. These are the seririous and applauded Follies of Mankind, and shew the Weakness and Levity of those we call the greatest, and wisest Men, that sacrifice the Ease and Pleasure of their lives to _Popular Breath_, and sounding Titles, which is like bartring a small Diamond for a large Glass Bubble. [Sidenote: _Inconstancy_] _Inconstancy_ is so like _Levity_ that little more needs to be said of it, only that it is commonly restrain’d to the change of Affections in regard to Persons, and so is cheifly concern’d in Love and Freindship. It is founded upon Levity, thro’ which we first make an injudicious Choice, and are afterwards as unreasonably disgusted with it. This happens oftner in _Love_, than _Friendship_; because the Impressions of _Love_ are more suddenly receiv’d, and the Effects of it more violent, than those of _Friendship_; and the Desires, which are commonly kindled by one single Perfection, such as _Beauty_ or _Wit_, not being suddenly answered, are in Process of time extinguish’d, or abated by observation of some disgustful Imperfection or other in the Person belov’d. This is indeed the true Reason, [Sidenote: _Love, why so soon cold._] why _Love_, which is generally so hot at first, cools commonly so suddenly; because being generally the Issue of Fancy, not judgment, it is grounded upon an over great Opinion of those Perfections, which first strike us, and which fall in our Esteem upon more mature Examination. From whence it is likewise that Men are less constant in their Affections, than we; for Beauty only being generally the Object of their Passion, the Effect must necessarily be as fadeing as the Cause; their Love therefore being only the result of wonder and Surprize, is abated by Familiarity, and decays, as they wear of, by Degrees. Beside, that, a Love so Founded is liable to be ravish’d by any Superiour Beauty; or if not so, yet the Novelty of the Former once worn of, the New Comer has the assistance of Fancy the Slave of Novelty to gain the Superiority. This is the Cause why so few real and lasting Passions are found amongst Men. For Charms depending upon, and owing their Power to Fancy, can maintain no Conquests any longer, than that is on their side, which is as inconstant as the Wind. [Sidenote: _Women constanter Lovers._] In this also we are less faulty, than they; For, not usually fixing our Affection on so mutable a Thing as the _Beauty_ of a _Face_, which a thousand accidents may destroy, but on _Wit_, _Good Humour_, and other _Graces_ of the _Mind_, as well as of the _Body_, our Love is more durable, and constant in proportion to the longer continuance of those Qualities in the Object. Neither indeed have we the means, or temptation to be Fickle and