The Art of Worldly Wisdom(71)

Do not Vacillate. Let not your actions be abnormal either from disposition or affectation. An able person is always the same in his best qualities; he gets the credit of trustworthiness. If he changes, he does so for good reason and after good consideration. In matters of conduct change is hateful. There are some who are different every day — their intelligence varies, still more their will, and with this their fortune. Yesterday's white is today's black; today's No was yesterday's Yes. They always give the lie to their own credit and destroy their credit with others.