WhatrighthaveItowriteonPrudence, whereofIhavelittle, andthatofthenegativesort? Myprudenceconsistsinavoidingandgoingwithout, notintheinventingofmeansandmethods, notinadroitsteering, , nogeniusinmyeconomy, , andhatelubricity[661] , ; themerchantbreedshissonforthechurchorthebar; [662] withwordsofcoarsersound, andwhilstmydebttomysensesisrealandconstant, nottoownitinpassing.
, andhealthofmindbythelawsoftheintellect.
Theworldofthesensesisaworldofshows; itdoesnotexistforitself, buthasasymboliccharacter; andatrueprudenceorlawofshowsrecognizesthecopresenceofotherlawsandknowsthatitsownofficeissubaltern; , whenitunfoldsthebeautyoflawswithinthenarrowscopeofthesenses.
, , ; ; thesecond, taste; andthethird, , amantraversesthewholescale, andseesandenjoysthesymbolsolidly, thenalsohasacleareyeforitsbeauty, andlastly, whilsthepitcheshistentonthissacredvolcanicisleofnature, doesnotoffertobuildhousesandbarnsthereonreverencingthesplendoroftheGodwhichheseesburstingthrougheachchinkandcranny.