’Tis a Felicity to be Plain, and Inconsiderable, where ’tis Dangerous
to be otherwise. There are a Thousand Inconveniences that Attend Great
Beauties and Fortunes, which the Poor and Deformed are Free from; Not but
that it is Better to fall Honourably in the Service of the Publique, then
to Survive, in the Scandal of an Unprofitable, and an Inglorious Life.
The Moral gives us also to Understand, that _Pride will have a Fall_, and
that No Personal Advantages can either Justifie, or Protect Great Men in
their Insolence over their Inferiors. The _Beautiful Trees_ go all to
_Wrack_ here, and only the _Mis-shapen_ and _Despicable Dwarf_ is left
_Standing_.