There Is No Book So Bad That

All Men Possess In Their Bodies A Poison Which Acts Upon Serpents; And The Human Saliva, It Is Said, Makes Them Take To Flight, As Though They Had Been Touched With Boiling Water. The Same Substance, It Is Said, Destroys Them The Moment It Enters Their Throat.

Hope Is A Working-man's Dream.

As Land Is Improved By Sowing It With Various Seeds, So Is The Mind By Exercising It With Different Studies.

And That All Seas Are Made Calme And Still With Oile; And Therefore The Divers Under The Water Doe Spirt And Sprinkle It Abroad With Their Mouthes Because It Dulceth And Allaieth The Unpleasant Nature Thereof, And Carrieth A Light With It.

How Many Things... Are Looked Upon As Quite Impossible Until They Have Been Actually Effected?