What sort of good Things those are, which are commonly so reckoned, you may learn from hence : For the purpose, if you reflect upon those Qualities which are intrinsically valuable, such as Prudence, Justice, Temperance and Fortitude, you won't find a jest upon them apt to Relish, and make Sport : Whereas upon the advantages of Fortune and Common Estimation, a piece of Raillery will pass well enough. Thus we see the generality are struck with the distinction, otherwise they would not dislike the Liberty in one Case, and allow it in the other. The Felicities of Riches, Luxury, and Ambition, are all within the privilege of Buffoons, and liable to the Lash of the Stage : Now what significancy can there be in these things, when a Poet's Jest will take Place upon them? And that comical Droll may be patly applied to the Owner; He is so fluff'd, says the Play, with Wealth and Finery, that he has no room for his Close Stool.