’Tis no Wonder, where there’s Power on the One Side, to find Flattery and
Slavery on the Other: Nor is there any Inference to be drawn from the
Outward Pomp of Popular Addresses and Applause, to an Inward Congruity of
Affections in the Heart: For Blessings and Cursings come out of the same
Mouth. These Noisy Acclamations are rather made of Mode and Ceremony,
then of Zeal and Good Will; and the _Huzza’s_ of the _Rabble_ are the
same to a _Bear_ that they are to a _Prince_, and signifie no more to the
One then they do to the Other. The Tyrants Reproof here of _Mænander_
for his _Meen_ and _Garb_, and his Recollection then, upon being better
Inform’d, are First to the Honour of his Character, in being so Generous,
as upon so solemn an Occasion, to own his Mistake: And Secondly,
Instructive to us, that we are not to Judge of the Man by his Outside.