One asked _Aristotle_ what Liars got by telling lies? He answered, _That the only thing they got by it, was not to be believed even when they spoke Truth_. 179 On demandoit à _Aristote_ ce que gagnoient les Menteurs à debiter leurs mensonges? il répondit, _qu’il ne leur en revenoit autre chose que de n’être point crus, quand même ils disoient la verité_. 180 The Tyrant _Hiero_ having asked _Simonides_ what God was? the Philosopher desir’d a Days Consideration for his Answer; then two, and then four, and so put it off from Day to Day: At last _Hiero_ ask’d him why he did not answer his Question, but always defer’d it to another time? because said _Simonides_ the more I think, the more I’m at a loss to find out this dark and obscure Thing. 180 Le Tyran _Hieron_ ayant demandé à _Simonide_ ce que c’ètoit que Dieu, ce Philosophe prit un jour de delay pour y répondre; puis deux, ensuite il en demanda quatre, & ainsi differoit toûjours. _Hieron_ à la fin luy demanda pourquoy il ne répondoit pas, & qu’il le remettoit toûjours à un autre temps? parce que, répondit _Simonides_, plus j’y pense, plus je m’y perds, & trouve la chose obscure. 181 _Socrates_ advised young Men to look themselves in a Glass, that if they were fine and handsom they might take care not to do any thing unworthy of their Beauty, and if on the contrary they were ugly and deformed, they should endeavour to drown the defects of the Body by the Virtues of the Mind. 181 _Socrate_ conseilloit aux jeunes gens de se regarder dans un miroir, afin que s’ils ètoient beaux & bien-faits, ils prissent garde de ne rien faire qui fut indigne de leur beauté; & qu’au contraire, s’ils étoient laids & difformes ils tâchassent d’effacer les defauts du Corps, par les vertus de l’Esprit. 182 A Man who was never married would persuade _Epictetus_ the Philosopher to take a Wife, shewing him by many Arguments that Marriage was a State both becoming and necessary for a Philosopher: _If it be so, give me then one of your Daughters_, answered _Epictetus_. 182 Un Homme qui ne s’ètoit jamais marié vouloit persuader au Philosophe _Epictete_ de prendre une Femme, lui faisant voir, par plusieurs raisons que le Mariage ètoit bien-seant & necessaire aux Philosophes: _Si cela est, donne-moy donc une de tes Filles_, lui répondit _Epictete_. 183 _Servius Geminus_ going one Day to see _Lucius Mallius_, a very skillful Painter, and seeing his Children who were extreme ugly, he could not forbear telling him that he wondred _he did make so fine Pictures and get such ugly Children_. To which _Mallius_ pleasantly reply’d, _don’t be surpriz’d at it, for I draw the Pictures in the Day, and get the Children in the Night_. 183