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I shall speak facts; but some will say I deal in fiction.
I shall speak facts; but some will say I deal in fiction.
Shewa good man his errour and he turnes it to a vertue, but an
ill, it doubles his fault.
Shewa good man his errour and he turnes it to a vertue, but an
ill, it doubles his fault.
There is no disputing about taste.
[Lat., De gustibus non disputandum.]
There is no disputing about taste.
[Lat., De gustibus non disputandum.]
Every one hath a foole in his sleeve.
Every one hath a foole in his sleeve.
Retirement without literary amusements is death itself, and a
living tomb.
Retirement without literary amusements is death itself, and a
living tomb.
Saint Luke was a Saint and a Physitian, yet is dead.
Saint Luke was a Saint and a Physitian, yet is dead.
Unless your works lead to profit, vain is your glory in them.
Unless your works lead to profit, vain is your glory in them.
We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
We suffer more in imagination than in reality.