REPUTATION. "R Horatio, I am dead, Thou livest; report me and my cause aright. SHAKSPEARE. EPUTATION, or the opinion of the world, cannot be too highly prized by princes, none of whose actions are indifferent, who are the observed of all observers.' A negligence respecting public opinion, or a contempt for the judgment of posterity, would be inexcusable in those, whose conduct must, in no inconsiderable degree, give in their own time, the law to manners, and whose example will hereafter be adduced by future historians, either to illustrate virtue, or to exemplify vice, and to stimulate to good or evil, monarchs yet unborn." MRS. H. MORE. T YOUNG NAPOLEON. HE King of Rome, son of Napoleon, was generally very docile, but now and then he gave way to great fits of passion. One day when he was screaming and rolling upon the floor, Madame de Montesquieu, his governess, began to shut all the shutters and blinds of the room: the child forgot his little fury, and asked her what she was doing. "I am afraid you should be heard," said she. "And why?" "Do you suppose the French people would have you for their prince, if they knew you gave way to passion in this manner?" "Do you think they could hear me?" " "Certainly." "I am very sorry: forgive me, Mamma Quiou," so he always called Mad. de Montesquieu, "I will be good." THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY, GRANDSON OF LOUIS THE FIFTEENTH. You know, what great ones do The less will prattle of. SHAKSPEARE. THE HE little Duke of Burgundy, having once been inattentive at his lessons, his governor said: "Fame will go and publish every where how naughty you are, and the people will take you to be a bad prince. "Ah," replied he softly, and quite grieved, "do not let my governess and my valet tell any one, and then Fame will not know of it." THE THE EMPEROR AUGUSTUS. HE Emperor Augustus anxiously enquired of the friends who surrounded his deathbed, whether he had properly fulfilled his duties, and made the Roman people happy. On their answering in the affirmative, "Then," said he, "give me your applause;" and so saying, and adding a few last words to his empress, he expired. KINDNESS AND DELICACY OF FEELING. Defect of manners, want of government, Loseth men's hearts, and leaves behind a stain Upon the beauty of all parts besides, SHAKSPEARE. TTENTION to the wishes and feelings of others, is a duty in persons of all ranks, but more particularly is this delicacy of feeling, this habitual kindness of heart, amiable in Princes, from whom a word or a look, may produce pain, or confer happiness. Kindness, attention, and all the outward graces, should be the effect of habits and dispositions lying in the mind, and ready to show themselves in action, whenever the occasion presents itself. THE PRINCESS CHARLOTTE OF WALES. URING the last illness of an old female attend DUR ant, formerly nurse to the Princess Charlotte of Wales, the princess visited her every day, sat by her bedside, and with her own hand administered the medicine prescribed. When death had closed the eyes of this poor woman, instead of fleeing in haste from an object in general so appalling to the young and gay, the princess remained and gave utterance to her feelings, on viewing the remains in that state, from which majesty itself cannot be exempt. A friend of the deceased seeing her Royal Highness was much affected, said, "If your Royal Highness would condescend to touch her, the impression perhaps would be less painful." "Touch her," replied the princess, "yes, poor thing, and kiss her too; almost the only one I ever kissed, except my poor mother!" Then bending her head over the body of her humble friend, she pressed her lips to the cold cheek, while tears of emotion flowed from her eyes. |