"The best
treasure
is in that
man's tongue, and he has mighty thanks, who metes out each thing in a few
words.
man's tongue, and he has mighty thanks, who metes out each thing in a few
words.
Ben Jonson - Discoveries Made Upon Men, and Some Poems
{17b} Plutarch in Life of Alexander. "Let it not be, O King, that you
know these things better than I. "
{19a} "They were not our lords, but our leaders. "
{19b} "Much of it is left also for those who shall be hereafter. "
{19c} "No art is discovered at once and absolutely. "
{22} With a great belly. Comes de Schortenhien.
{23} "In all things I have a better wit and courage than good fortune. "
{24a} "The rich soil exhausts; but labour itself is an aid. "
{24b} "And the gesticulation is vile. "
{25a} "An end is to be looked for in every man, an animal most prompt to
change. "
{25b} Arts are not shared among heirs.
{31a} "More loquacious than eloquent; words enough, but little
wisdom. "--_Sallust_.
{31b} Repeated in the following Latin.
"The best treasure is in that
man's tongue, and he has mighty thanks, who metes out each thing in a few
words. "--_Hesiod_.
{31c} _Vid. _ Zeuxidis pict. Serm. ad Megabizum. --_Plutarch_.
{32a} "While the unlearned is silent he may be accounted wise, for he
has covered by his silence the diseases of his mind. "
{32b} Taciturnity.
{33a} "Hold your tongue above all things, after the example of the
gods. "--_See_ Apuleius.
{33b} "Press down the lip with the finger. "--Juvenal.
{33c} Plautus.
{33d} Trinummus, Act 2, Scen. 4.