His fine Gentlemanship did him no Good, encouraged in it by being too much applauded.

His Wit was better suited to his Condition before he was restored than afterwards.  The Wit of a Gentleman, and that of a crowned Head, ought to be different things.  As there is a Crown Law, there is a Crown Wit too.  To use it with Reserve is very good, and very rare.  There is a Dignity in doing things seldom, even without any other Circumstance.  Where Wit will run continually, the Spring is apt to fail; so that it groweth vulgar, and the more it is practised, the more it is debased.

He was so good at finding out other Mens weak Sides, that it made him less intent to cure his own:  That generally happeneth.  It may be called a treacherous Talent, for it betrayeth a Man to forget to judge himself, by being so eager to censure others:  This doth so misguide Men the first Part of their Lives, that the Habit of it is not easily recovered, when the greater Ripeness of their Judgment inclineth them to look more into themselves than into other Men.

Men love to see themselves in the false Looking-glass of other Mens Failings.  It maketh a Man think well of himself at the time, and by sending his Thoughts abroad to get Food for Laughing, they are less at leisure to see Faults at home.  Men choose rather to make the War in another Country, than to keep all well at home.

His TALENTS, TEMPER, HABITS, &c.

He had a Mechanical Head, which appeared in his inclination to Shipping and Fortification, &c.  This would make one conclude, that his Thoughts would naturally have been more fixed to Business, if his Pleasures had not drawn them away from it.

He had a very good Memory, though he would not always make equal good Use of it.  So that if he had accustomed himself to direct his Faculties to his Business, I see no Reason why he might not have been a good deal Master of it.  His Chain of Memory was longer than his Chain of Thought; the first could bear any Burden, the other was tired by being carried on too long; it was fit to ride a Heat, but it had not Wind enough for a long Course.

A very great Memory often forgetteth how much Time is lost by repeating things of no Use.  It was one Reason of his talking so much; since a great Memory will always have something to say, and will be discharging itself, whether in or out of Season, if a good Judgment doth not go along with it, to make it stop and turn.  One might say of his Memory, that it was a Beaute Journaliere; Sometimes he would make shrewd Applications, &c. at others he would bring things out of it, that never deserved to be laid in it.  He grew by Age into a pretty exact Distribution of his Hours, both for his Business, Pleasures, and the Exercise for his Health, of which he took as much care as could possibly consist with some Liberties he was resolved to indulge in himself.  He walked by his Watch, and when he pulled it out to look upon it, skilful Men would make haste with what they had to say to him.