Book i. Chap. xxx. Of Cannibals.
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Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.
Book i. Chap. xxxi. Of Divine Ordinances.
A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.
Book i. Chap. xxxviii. Of Solitude.
Even opinion is of force enough to make itself to be espoused at the expense of life.
Book i. Chap. xl. Of Good and Evil.
Plato says, "'T is to no purpose for a sober man to knock at the door of the Muses;" and Aristotle says "that no excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of folly."[775:1]
Book ii. Chap. ii. Of Drunkenness.