[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].