But, indeed, the science of logic and the whole framework of philosophical thought men have kept since the days of Plato and Aristotle, has no more essential permanence as a final expression of the human mind, than the Scottish Longer Catechism.

'It's this accursed Science,' I cried. 'It's the very Devil. The mediaeval priests and persecutors were right, and the Moderns are all wrong. You tamper with it-and it offers you gifts. And directly you take them it knocks you to pieces in some unexpected way.'

A civil guest Will no more talk all, than eat all the feast.

The first blow is as much as two.

An oath that is not to bee made is not to be kept.

Great strokes make not sweete musick.

All beasts of prey are strong or treacherous.