impertinent; one that touched neither heaven nor earth in his
discourse. He opened an entry into a fair room, but shut it again
presently. I spoke to him of garlic, he answered asparagus;
consulted him of marriage, he tells me of hanging, as if they went
by one and the same destiny.

Bellum scribentium.--What a sight it is to see writers committed
together by the ears for ceremonies, syllables, points, colons,
commas, hyphens, and the like, fighting as for their fires and their
altars; and angry that none are frighted at their noises and loud
brayings under their asses' skins.

There is hope of getting a fortune without digging in these
quarries. Sed meliore (in omne) ingenio animoque quam fortuna, sum
usus. {23}

"Pingue solum lassat; sed juvat ipse labor." {24a}

Differentia inter doctos et sciolos.--Wits made out their several
expeditions then for the discovery of truth, to find out great and
profitable knowledges; had their several instruments for the
disquisition of arts. Now there are certain scioli or smatterers
that are busy in the skirts and outsides of learning, and have
scarce anything of solid literature to commend them. They may have
some edging or trimming of a scholar, a welt or so; but it is no
more.

Impostorum fucus.--Imposture is a specious thing, yet never worse
than when it feigns to be best, and to none discovered sooner than
the simplest. For truth and goodness are plain and open; but