_Stratonicus_ being asked what sort of Ships were safest, answered: _The safest are those that are taken out of the Sea and laid up on firm Land_. 98 _Stratonicus_ ètant interrogé quelle sorte de Vaisseaux ètoient les plus seurs, il répondit: _les plus seurs sont ceux qu’on a tiré de la Mer en terre ferme_. 99 The Emperour _Tiberius_ seldom changed the Officers, Governours and Magistrates of his Empire, and being asked the reason, he answered: _When Flies are full they don’t sting so much as they did before_. 99 L’Empereur _Tibere_ changeoit rarement les Officiers, les Gouverneurs, & les Magistrats de son Empire, & quand on lui en demandoit la raison, il repondit: _quand les Mouches sont saoules, elles ne piquent plus si fort qu’auparavant_. 100 A Painter shewing an ill Picture, bragg’d that he had finish’d it in a very little Time: _you need not tell us of it_, said _Apelles_, _your Picture speaks it planly enough_. 100 Un Peintre montrant un mauvais Tableau, se vantoit de l’avoir achevé en fort peu de tems: _tu n’as que faire_, dit _Apelles_, _de nous en avertir, ton Tableau le dit assez_. 101 _Melanthus_ hearing the Philosopher _Gorgias_ exhort in Publick the _Grecians_ to Concord; _This is a fine Man indeed_, said he, _thus to endeavour to perswade all these_ Grecians _to that Peace and Unity which he cannot settle at home betwixt himself, his Wife and his Maid_. 101 _Melanthus_ entendant le Philosophe _Gorgias_ exhorter publiquement les _Grecs_ à la Concorde: _Cét homme a bonne Grace_, dit-il, _de vouloir persuader à tous ces_ Grecs _la Paix & l’Union, qu’il ne sauroit établir chez soy entre lui-même, sa Femme & sa Servante_. 102 _Demetrius Phalereus_ used to exhort _Ptolomeus_ to gather Books about Civil and Military Politicks: _Because_, said he, _Kings will find in such Books those Things that their Friends dare not to tell them_. To which purpose _Alphonsus_ King of _Aragon_ said: _Books are the Counsellors I like best; ’tis not either Fear or Hope that will hinder them to tell me what I ought to do_. 102 _Demetrius Phalereus_ avoit coutume d’exhorter le Roy _Ptolomée_ de ramasser des Livres qui traitassent de la Politique Civile & Militaire, _Parce que_, disoit-il, _les Rois trouvent dans ces Livres des choses dont leurs Amis n’oseroient leur parler_. _Alphonse_ Roy d’_Aragon_ disoit à ce sujet: Les Livres sont _les Conseillers qui me plaisent d’avantage: la crainte ni l’esperance ne les empêchent point de me dire ce que je dois faire_. 103