| S. Austin Allibone, comp. Prose Quotations from Socrates to Macaulay. 1880. |
| James Howell |
| If one were to be worded to death, Italian is the fittest language. James Howell. | 1 |
| The Frenchman is more generous in his proceedings, and not so full of scruples, reservations, and jealousies as the Spaniard, but deals more frankly. James Howell. | 2 |
| Nature, the handmaid of God Almighty, doth nothing but with good advice, if we make researches into the true reason of things. James Howell. | 3 |
| They who prink and pamper the body, and neglect the soul, are like one who, having a nightingale in his house, is more fond of the cage than of the bird. James Howell. | 4 |
| Forced terms of art did much puzzle sacred theology with distinctions, cavils, and quiddities; and so transformed her to a mere kind of sophistry and logomachy. James Howell. | 5 |
| Apelles used to paint a good housewife on a snail, to import that she was home-keeping. James Howell. | 6 |
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