_Non possidentem multa vocaveris Recte beatum; rectius occupat Nomen beati, qui Deorum Muneribus sapienter uti, Duramque callet pauperiem pati, Pejusque letho flagitium timet._ HORACE, L. 4, Od. 9. CHAPTER V. P. I.—p. 64. EXTENSION OF THE SCIENCE OF PHYSIOGNOMY, WITH SOME REMARKS UPON THE PRACTICAL USES OF CRANIOLOGY. _Hanc ergo scientiam blande excipiamus, hilariterque amplectamur, ut vere nostram et de nobismet ipsis tractantem; quam qui non amat, quam qui non amplectitur, nec philosophiam amat, neque suæ vitæ discrimina curat._ BAPTISTA PORTA. CHAPTER VI. P. I.—p. 72. A COLLECTION OF BOOKS NONE OF WHICH ARE INCLUDED AMONGST THE PUBLICATIONS OF ANY SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF KNOWLEDGE RELIGIOUS OR PROFANE.—HAPPINESS IN HUMBLE LIFE. _Felix ille animi, divisque simillimus ipsis, Quem non mordaci resplendens gloria fuco Solicitat, non fastosi mala gaudia luxus, Sed tacitos sinit ire dies, et paupere cultu Exigit innocuæ tranquilla silentia vitæ._ POLITIAN. CHAPTER VII. P. I.—p. 84. RUSTIC PHILOSOPHY. AN EXPERIMENT UPON MOONSHINE. _Quien comienza en juventud A bien obrar, Señal es de no errar En senetud._ PROVERBIOS DEL MARQUES DE SANTILLANA. CHAPTER VIII. P. I.—p. 93. A KIND SCHOOLMASTER AND A HAPPY SCHOOL BOY. Though happily thou wilt say that wands be to be wrought when they are green, lest they rather break than bend when they be dry, yet know also that he that bendeth a twig because he would see if it would bow by strength may chance to have a crooked tree when he would have a straight. EUPHUES. INTERCHAPTER I.—p. 98. REMARKS IN THE PRINTING OFFICE. THE AUTHOR CONFESSES A DISPOSITION TO GARRULITY. PROPRIETY OF PROVIDING CERTAIN CHAPTERS FOR THE RECEPTION OF HIS EXTRANEOUS DISCOURSE. CHOICE OF AN APPELLATION FOR SUCH CHAPTERS. _Perque vices aliquid, quod tempora longa videri Non sinat, in medium vacuas referamus ad aures._ OVID. CHAPTER IX. P. I.—p. 106. EXCEPTIONS TO ONE OF KING SOLOMON'S RULES—A WINTER'S EVENING AT DANIEL'S FIRESIDE. These are my thoughts; I might have spun them out into a greater length, but I think a little plot of ground, thick sown, is better than a great field which, for the most part of it, lies fallow. NORRIS. CHAPTER X. P. I.—p. 113. ONE WHO WAS NOT SO WISE AS HIS FRIENDS COULD HAVE WISHED, AND YET QUITE AS HAPPY AS IF HE HAD BEEN WISER. NEPOTISM NOT CONFINED TO POPES. There are of madmen as there are of tame, All humoured not alike.———Some Apish and fantastic; And though 'twould grieve a soul to see God's image So blemished and defaced, yet do they act Such antic and such pretty lunacies, That spite of sorrow, they will make you smile. DEKKER. CHAPTER XI. P. I.—p. 121. A WORD TO THE READER, SHEWING WHERE WE ARE, AND HOW WE CAME HERE, AND WHEREFORE; AND WHITHER WE ARE GOING. 'Tis my venture On your retentive wisdom. BEN JONSON. CHAPTER XII. P. I.—p. 129.