บทที่ บทที่ 12 · CYNTHIA _alone_.

CYNT. 'Tis not so hard to counterfeit joy in the depth of affliction, as

to dissemble mirth in company of fools. Why should I call 'em fools? The

world thinks better of 'em; for these have quality and education, wit and

fine conversation, are received and admired by the world. If not, they

like and admire themselves. And why is not that true wisdom? for 'tis

happiness: and for ought I know, we have misapplied the name all this

while, and mistaken the thing: since

If happiness in self-content is placed,

The wise are wretched, and fools only bless'd.

SCENE 13.