There’s no Folly like That of Vain Glory, nor any thing more Ridiculous
then for a Vain Man to be still Boasting of Himself: For ’tis against
All Law and Equity, for a Body to be admitted a Judge in ones Own Case.
A second Doctrine may be This (and we find it true by Experience) that
_Mony Governs the World_; and that the _Market-Price_ is the _Measure_
of the Worth of _Men_ as well as of _Fishes_; As the _Sturgeon_ left it
to the _Fish-monger_ to Determine the Controversy betwixt _Him_ and the
_Pike_.