The Spectator[By Joseph Addison, Richard Steele and others] . this Paper. I afterwards threwboth the Sexus into the Balance ; bat as it is not for myIntereft to difoblige either of them, I fhall defire to beexcufed from telling the Refult of this an Opportunity of this Nature in my Hands,I could not forbear throwing into one Scale the Prin-ciples of a Tory, and into the other thofe of a Whig ;but as I have ail along declared this to be a NeutralPaper, I fnall likewife defire to be filent under thisHead alfo, tho upon examining one of the Weights, Ifaw the KE L Engrave
The Spectator[By Joseph Addison, Richard Steele and others] . this Paper. I afterwards threwboth the Sexus into the Balance ; bat as it is not for myIntereft to difoblige either of them, I fhall defire to beexcufed from telling the Refult of this an Opportunity of this Nature in my Hands,I could not forbear throwing into one Scale the Prin-ciples of a Tory, and into the other thofe of a Whig ;but as I have ail along declared this to be a NeutralPaper, I fnall likewife defire to be filent under thisHead alfo, tho upon examining one of the Weights, Ifaw the KE L Engraven on it in CapitalLetters. I made many other Experiments, and though I havenot room for them all in this Days Speculation, I mayperhaps referve them for another. I fliall cnly add, thatupon my awaking I was forry to find Golden Scalesvanifhed, but reiolved for the future to learn this Leffonfrom them, not to defpife or value any Things for theirAppearances, but to regulate my Elteem and Paffionstowards them according to their real and irtrinficValue. C. Vol. VI. M Friday, 266 ^he Spectator. n°464 N° 464 Friday^ Auguft 22. Jluream quifquis medioa-itatemDili git, tutus caret obfoletiScrdibus tedi, caret innjidenda Sobrius aula. Hor. Od. i o. I. 2. v. c, 7he Golden Mean, as Jkes too nice to dvoellAmong the Ruins of a filthy Cell,So is her Modefiy ^vithal as great,^lo balk the Eniy of a Princely Seat. No R R I s. I A M wonderfully pleafed when I meet with any Paf-fage in an old Greek or Latin Author, that is notblown upon, and which I have never met with in aQuotation. Of this kind is a beautiful Saying in Theog-ms; Vice is co-vered by Wealth, a?td Virtue by Poverty , orto give it in the Verbal Tranflation, Among Men thereare fame ixho their Vices concealed by Wealth, andcihers tvho ha-ve their Virtues concealed by Poverty. EveryMans Obfervation will fupply him with Inftances ofRich Men, who have feveral Faults and Defects thatare overlooked, if not intirely hidden, by
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