Marius said, "I see the cure is not worth the pain."—Plutarch: Life of Caius Marius.

[709:5] Habit is second nature.—Montaigne: Essays, book iii. chap. x.

[709:6] He that hath many irons in the fire, some of them will cool.—Hazlitt: English Proverbs.

[710:1] See Heywood, page [14].

[710:2]

The sea being smooth,

How many shallow bauble boats dare sail

Upon her patient breast.

Shakespeare: Troilus and Cressida, act i. sc. 3.

[710:3] See Cowper, page [419].