Footnotes
[698:1] See Shakespeare, page [60]. Also Garth, page [295].
[698:2] The darkest hour is that before the dawn.—Hazlitt: English Proverbs.
[698:3] See Herbert, page [206].
[698:4] See Heywood, page [15].
[698:5] Noblesse oblige.—Bohn: Foreign Proverbs.
[698:6] See Davenant, page [217].
[699:1] See Herbert, page [206].
[699:2] See Henry, page [283].
[699:3] See Diogenes Laertius, page [766].
MIMNERMUS (Tragedian).
We are all clever enough at envying a famous man while he is yet alive, and at praising him when he is dead.
Frag. 1.
[[700]]
HIPPOCRATES. 460-359 b. c.
Life is short and the art long.[700:1]
Aphorism i.
Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases.[700:2]
Aphorism i.