On one occasion some one put a very little wine into a wine-cooler, and said that it was sixteen years old. "It is very small for its age," said Gnathæna.
The Deipnosophists. xiii. 47.
Goodness does not consist in greatness, but greatness in goodness.[767:3]
The Deipnosophists. xiv. 46.
Footnotes
[766:3] Said with reference to mining operations.
[767:1] See Johnson, page [371].
[767:2] Tempest in a teapot.—Proverb.
[767:3] See Chapman, page [37].