9 Of Fortune. Young men are fitter to invent than to judge, fitter for execution than for counsel, and fitter for new projects than for settled business. Of Youth and Age. God Almighty first planted a garden. 10 Of Gardens.
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.
34 Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. The greatest vicissitude of things amongst men is the vicissitude of sects and religions. 11 Of Vicissitude of Things. 37 Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books. Proposition touching Amendment of Laws.