2o8 Of the Advancement of Learning, L i b. VI. 



If we obferve the vulgar in the 

 tife of Words ^ tehy not in Hxbit and 

 Gejiure ? 



He that keeps not a decorum in 



fmaUer matters , and in his daily 



cuUoms^ though he he a great man^ 



j/etfet it down for truth 3 that fuch 



a perfonage is vpife, but at certain 



feafons. 



Vertue and ttpifdom , without all 

 points of refpe£f and complement^ 

 arc hke forreign languages , they 

 are not undcrjiood by the common 

 people. 



He that apprehends not the mean- 

 ing of the common people^ neither 

 by a 'congruous application , nor 

 yet by obfervation^ isofal/menmoji 

 fenfelefso 



Puntoes and ceremonies are the 

 tranflation of vertue into a mother- 

 tongue. 



Fair ingenious behaviour wins 

 grace and favour , hut affe&atioft 

 and art procures hatred. 



Better a painted face and crijped 

 hair 5 than painted and crifped 

 manners. 



He cannot comprehend great mat' 

 iers^ who breaks his mind to fmall 

 obfervations. 



Ajfe&ation is the finning Putrefa* 

 Bion of ingenuity. 



JESTS. XXXV. 



Pro. 



A conceit is the altar of an 0- 

 rator. 



He that mingles modeji mirth in 

 all his commerce with others , re- 

 ferves a freedom of mind. 



It is a matter more politic k:,than 

 a man would think., fmoothly to 

 pafs from jeji to earneji^ and from 

 earnefi tojeji. 



A witty conceit is oftentimes a 

 convoy of a Truths which otherwife 

 could not Jo handfomely have been 

 ferried over. 



Contra. 



what man defpifeth not thofe 

 that hunt after thefe deformities 

 and concinnities .<? 



To put off the importance of lif 

 finefs with ajeji, is a bafe flight of 

 wit. 



Then judge of ajeji , when you 

 have done laughing. 



Merrily conceited fften , feldont 

 penetrate fart her than thefuperficies^ 

 of things^ which is the point where 

 the jeji lies. 



To put a jeji, as a matter of mo' 

 ment uponferious affairs ^ is a. chil" 

 dip Levity. 



LOVE. XXXVI. 



Pro. 



Do you not fee how all menfeek, 

 themfelves , hut a lover onlyji'nds 

 himfelf. 



Contra. 



The ji age is much beholding to 

 love 5 the life of man nothing. 



Ther 



