Our Youth And Manhood Are Due To

Men Are Most Apt To Believe What They Least Understand; And Through The Lust Of Human Wit Obscure Things Are More Easily Credited.

Let Not Things, Because They Are Common, Enjoy For That The Less Share Of Our Consideration.

Nature Has Given Man No Better Thing Than Shortness Of Life.

Made Up Of The Glories Of The Most Precious Gems, To Describe Them Is A Matter Of Inexpressible Difficulty. For There Is Amongst Them The Gentler Fire Of The Ruby, There Is The Rich Purple Of The Amethyst, There Is The Sea-green Of The Emerald, And All Shining Together In An Indescribable Union. Others, By An Excessive Heightening Of Their Hues Equal All The Colours Of The Painter, Others The Flame Of Burning Brimstone, Or Of A Fire Quickened By Oil.

Their Best And Most Wholesome Feeding Is Upon One Dish And No More And The Same Plaine And Simple: For Surely This Hudling Of Many Meats One Upon Another Of Divers Tastes Is Pestiferous. But Sundrie Sauces Are More Dangerous Than That.