_A Great Man!_—Because a person is "a great man," we are not authorised to infer that he is a man. Perhaps he is only a boy, or a chameleon of all ages, or a bewitched girl. 209. _A Mode of Asking for Reasons._—There is a mode of asking for our reasons which not only makes us forget our best reasons, but also arouses in us a spite and repugnance against reason generally:—a very stupefying mode of questioning, and properly an artifice of tyrannical men! 210. _Moderation in Diligence._—One must not be anxious to surpass the diligence of one's father—that would make one ill. 211. _Secret Enemies._—To be able to keep a secret enemy—that is a luxury which the morality even of the highest-minded persons can rarely afford. 212. _Not Letting oneself be Deluded._—His spirit has bad manners, it is hasty and always stutters with impatience; so that one would hardly suspect the deep breathing and the large chest of the soul in which it resides. 213. _The Way to Happiness._—A sage asked of a fool the way to happiness. The fool answered without delay, like one who had been asked the way to the next town: "Admire yourself, and live on the street!" "Hold," cried the sage, "you require too much; it suffices to admire oneself!" The fool replied: "But how can one constantly admire without constantly despising?" 214. _Faith Saves._—Virtue gives happiness and a state of blessedness only to those who have a strong faith in their virtue:—not, however, to the more refined souls whose virtue consists of a profound distrust of themselves and of all virtue. After all, therefore, it is "faith that saves" here also!—and be it well observed, _not_ virtue! 215. _The Ideal and the Material._—You have a noble ideal before your eyes: but are you also such a noble stone that such a divine image could be formed out of you? And without that—is not all your labour barbaric sculpturing? A blasphemy of your ideal! 216. _Danger in the Voice._—With a very loud voice a person is almost incapable of reflecting on subtle matters. 217. _Cause and Effect._—Before the effect one believes in other causes than after the effect. 218. _My Antipathy._—I do not like those people who, in order to produce an effect, have to burst like bombs, and in whose neighbourhood one is always in danger of suddenly losing one's hearing—or even something more. 219. _The Object of Punishment._—The object of punishment is to improve him _who punishes_,—that is the ultimate appeal of those who justify punishment. 220.