Men take more pains to hide than to mend themselves.
Dreams.
Mens Pride, as well as their Weakness, disposeth them to rely upon Dreams, from their thinking themselves of such Importance as to have Warning of what is to befal them.
The Enquiry into a Dream is another Dream.
Drunkenness.
It is a piece of Arrogance to dare to be drunk, because a Man sheweth himself without a Vail.
Experience.
The best way to suppose what may come, is to remember what is past.
The best Qualification of a Prophet is to have a good Memory.
Experience maketh more Prophets than Revelation.