555
All wit and fancy, like a diamond,
The more exact and curious ’tis ground,
Is forced for every carat to abate
As much of value as it wants in weight.
Butler.
556
Listen, if you would learn; be silent, if you would be safe.
Arabic.
557
All such distinctions as tend to set the orders of the state at a distance from each other are equally subversive of liberty and concord.
Livy.
558
No man is the wiser for his learning. It may administer matter to work in, or objects to work upon, but wit and wisdom are born with a man.
Selden.