The body, enervated by the excesses of the preceding day, weighs
down and prostates the mind also.

The body, enervated by the excesses of the preceding day, weighs
down and prostates the mind also.

Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]

Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]

This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
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This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
With some rhyme, rotten sentence, or old saying,
Such spokes as ye ancient of ye parish use.

Mere verbiage,--it is not worth a carrot!
Why Socrates or Plato--where's the odds?--
Once taught a jay read more

Mere verbiage,--it is not worth a carrot!
Why Socrates or Plato--where's the odds?--
Once taught a jay to supplicate the Gods,
And made a Polly-theist of a Parrot!

Never without a shilling in my purse.

Never without a shilling in my purse.

I follow him, to serve my turn upon him.

I follow him, to serve my turn upon him.

Slight are the outward signs of evil thought.

Slight are the outward signs of evil thought.

To climb steep hills
Requires slow pace at first.

To climb steep hills
Requires slow pace at first.

Better spare to have of thine own, then aske of other men.

Better spare to have of thine own, then aske of other men.