The Pursuit, Even Of The Best Things,

The Shifts Of Fortune Test The Reliability Of Friends.

Like, According To The Old Proverb, Naturally Goes With Like.

For Just As Some Women Are Said To Be Handsome Though Without Adornment, So This Subtle Manner Of Speech, Though Lacking In Artificial Graces, Delights Us.

There Is Not Only An Art, But An Eloquence In It.

As I Approve Of A Youth That Has Something Of The Old Man In Him, So I Am No Less Pleased With An Old Man That Has Something Of The Youth. He That Follows This Rule May Be Old In Body, But Can Never Be So In Mind.