One asked _Chrisippus_ why he would not apply himself to the Government of the Common-wealth? _Because_, answered he, _if I do ill, I shall displease God, and if I do well, I shall displease Men_. But Sidonius, his Disciple, turned cunningly that Argument upon him, and told him: _You ought on the contrary, by all manner of Reasons, to take upon you the Administration of Affairs_; _for if you do well, you will please God, and if ill, you will please Men_. 188 On demandoit à Chrisippe pourquoi il ne se donnoit pas au gouvernemeur de la Republique? _Parceque_, repondit-il, _si je fais mal je deplairai à Dieu, & si je fais bien je deplairai aux hommes_; mais _Sidonius_ son Disciple retourna finement cêt Argument & lui dit, _vous devez au contraire par toutes sortes de Raisons entrer dans le Ministere, car si vous faites bien vous plairez à Dieu, & si vous faites mal vous plairez aux Hommes._ 189 _Solon_ being in Company, and holding his Peace, according to his Custom, there was a young Giddy-brain’d Fellow who told him he was silent because he was a Fool: _Solon_, without any concern, answered him wisely, _That there never was a Fool that could hold his Tongue_. 189 _Solon_ étant en Compagnie, & se taisant, selon sa Coûtume, il y eut un jeune Etourdi qui lui dit qu’il se taisoit parce qu’il ètoit fou; _Solon_, sans s’émouvoir, lui repondit sagement, _qu’il ne s’ètoit jamais trouvé de Fou qui pût se taire_. 190 _Cambyses_ a very severe and rigorous King, caus’d a Judge, tho’ his Friend, to be flead alive, because he took Bribes, and did not administer Justice according to Law and Equity: And having afterwards order’d the Judgment-Seat to be cover’d with his Skin, he placed his Son upon it, to succeed his Father in his Employment. 190 _Cambyse_ Roy fort severe & rigoureux, fit écorcher tout vif un Juge, quoy que son Ami, parce qu’il se laissoit corrompre par Presens, & qu’il n’administroit pas la Justice selon les Loix & l’Equité: Et ayant fait ensuite couvrir le Tribunal de sa Peau, il y fit asseoir son Fils, pour succeder à la charge de son Pere. 191