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.

Praise none too much, for all are fickle.

A snow yeare, a rich yeare.

A married man turns his staffe into a stake.

In cloths cheap handsomeness, doth bear the bell.

Short boughs, long vintage.

In a Leopard the spotts are not observed.