And whereas in my expression I am very plain and downright, and in my teaching part seem to tautologize, it should be considered, (and whoever has been a teacher will remember) that the learners must be plainly dealt with, and must have several times renewed unto them the same thing.—Therefore I have chosen so to do in several places, because I had rather (in such cases) speak three words too many, than one syllable too few. THOMAS MACE. _Lire et repasser souvent Sur Athenes et sur Rome, C'est dequoy faire un Sçavant, Mais, non pas un habile homme._ _Meditez incessamment, Devorez livre apres livre, D'est en vivant seulement Que vous apprendrez à vivre._ _Avant qu'en sçavoir les loix, La clarté nous est ravie: Il faudroit vivre deux fois Pour bien conduire sa vie._ DE CHARLEVAL. If we could hit on't, gallants, there are due Certain respects from writers, and from you. PROLOGUE TO THE ADVENTURES OF FIVE HOURS. —Here you have a piece so subtly writ Men must have wit themselves to find the wit. EPILOGUE TO THE ADVENTURES OF FIVE HOURS. All puddings have two ends, and most short sayings Two handles to their meaning. LORD DIGBY. Reader, Now I send thee like a Bee to gather honey out of flowers and weeds; every garden is furnished with either, and so is ours. Read and meditate; thy profit shall be little in any book, unless thou read alone, and unless thou read all and record after. HENRY SMITH. The most famous of the Pyramids was that of Hermes.—Through each door of this Pyramid was an entrance into seven apartments, called by the names of the Planets. In each of them was a golden Statue. The biggest was in the apartment of Osiris, or the Sun. It had a book upon its forehead, and its hand upon its mouth. Upon the outside of the Book was written this inscription. _I must be read in a profound silence._ TRAVELS OF CYRUS. —_Facio ego ut solent, qui quanto plus aliquem mirantur et explicare volunt quod sentiunt, eo minus id assequuntur quod volunt, ut quamquam magnum aliquid animo concipiunt, verba tamen desint, et moliri potius quàm dicere potuisse videantur._ HERMOLAUS BARBARUS JO. PICO MIRANDULÆ. _Nihil mihi potest esse beatius quam scire; discendum verò ut sciamus. Ego quidem sapientiæ ambitum, tanquam animi nostri ærarium quoddam semper judicavi, id quod communia commentationum nostrarum vectigalia inferenda censeo, sed proba; unde sibi suum quisque in usum sumat sine invidia atque simultate._ J. C. SCALIGER. _Feliz yerba es la yedra, si se enrama A un muro altivo, á quien no alcanza el corte De la envidia; puer queda con su altura, El mas vistoso, y ella mas segura._ BALBUENA, EL BERNARDO. —_en poco tiempo te he dicho lo que passò en mucho tiempo._ CALDERON, EL MAESTRO DE DANZAR.