"Non est curiosus, quin idem sit malevolus.">[ From Plautus, Stich. 1. 3. v. 55. "Nam curiosus nemo est, quin sit malevolus."
"Therefore it was well said, 'Invidia festos dies non agit.'">[ Whence is this saying taken? It occurs likewise in the Antitheta.
Essay X. Of Love.—See Antitheta, No. 36. vol. viii. p. 373.
"It hath been well said, that the arch-flatterer, with whom all the petty flatterers have intelligence, is a man's self.">[ Query, From whom is this saying quoted?
"It was well said, that it is impossible to love and to be wise.">[ Mr. Markby cites a verse of Publius Syrus, "Amare et sapere vix Deo conceditur." Compare Menander, Andria, Fragm. 1., and Ovid, Met. ii. 846.: "Non bene conveniunt, nec in unâ sede morantur, Majestas et amor."
"I know not how, but martial men are given to love.">[ Aristotle (Pol. ii. 9.) has the same remark, adding that there was good reason for the fable which made Venus the spouse of Mars.
Essay XI. Of Great Place.—See Antitheta, No. 7. vol. viii. p. 357.
"Cum non sis qui fueris, non esse cur velis vivere.">[ Whatever may be the source of this quotation, the sense seems to require est for esse.
"It is most true that was anciently spoken: 'A place showeth the man.'">[ The allusion is to the celebrated Greek proverb "ἀρχὴ ἄνδρα δείκνυσι," attributed to Bias, Solon, Pittacus, and others. See Diogenianus, Prov. ii. 94., with the note of Leutsch and Schneidewin.
Essay XII. Of Boldness.—See Antitheta, No. 33. vol. viii. p. 371.