[238:1] "But most of all respect thyself."—A precept of the Pythagoreans.
[239:1] Stern daughter of the voice of God.—Wordsworth: Ode to Duty.
[240:1] Summum nec metuas diem, nec optes (Neither fear nor wish for your last day).—Martial: lib. x. epigram 47, line 13.
[241:1] The child is father of the man.—Wordsworth: My Heart Leaps up.
[245:1] See Shakespeare, page [56].
[247:1] Erant quibus appetentior famæ videretur, quando etiam sapientibus cupido gloriæ novissima exuitur (Some might consider him as too fond of fame, for the desire of glory clings even to the best of men longer than any other passion) [said of Helvidius Priscus].—Tacitus: Historia, iv. 6.
[249:1] Wisdom married to immortal verse.—Wordsworth: The Excursion, book vii.
[251:1] See Chaucer, page [6].
[253:1] See Bacon, page [169].
[255:1] Error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.—Jefferson: Inaugural Address.