Note 21 — CHARACTERISTICS IN THE MANNER OF ROCHEFOUCAULD’S MAXIMS

There is a pleasant instance of this mentioned in the Tatler. There was an actor of that day who could play nothing but the Apothecary in Romeo and Juliet. He succeeded so well in this, that he grew fat upon it, when he was set aside; and having then nothing to do, pined away till he become qualified for the part again, and had another run in it.