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.