Essay

 1        3|         notable observation of a wise father, and no less ingenuously
 2        4|       gone, and irrevocable; and wise men have enough to do, with
 3        7|     mothers; as Solomon saith, A wise son rejoiceth the father,
 4        8|         if she think her husband wise; which she will never do,
 5        8|        he was reputed one of the wise men, that made answer to
 6        9|          or competition; whereas wise men will rather do sacrifice
 7       10|        latter was an austere and wise man: and therefore it seems (
 8       10|    impossible to love, and to be wise. Neither doth this weakness
 9       12|    school text, but yet worthy a wise man’s consideration. Question
10       12|          of the fool than of the wise; and therefore those faculties,
11       12|          yea and prevaileth with wise men at weak times. Therefore
12       14|        it is a certain sign of a wise government and proceeding,
13       16|         and in all superstition, wise men follow fools; and arguments
14       18|        war; and would not in any wise take up peace at interest.
15       19|      counsel with kings, and the wise and politic use of counsel
16       19|     counsellors had need also be wise men, and especially true
17       21|     between a cunning man, and a wise man; not only in point of
18       21|      rule, to know a fool from a wise man, Mitte ambos nudos ad
19       21|       precept: for there be many wise men, that have secret hearts,
20       21|        that cunning men pass for wise.~But certainly some there
21       22|         A MAN’S SELF~An ant is a wise creature for itself, but
22       24|        unsteady manner. I knew a wise man that had it for a byword,
23       25|                       OF SEEMING WISE~It hath been an opinion,
24       25| countenance and gesture, and are wise by signs; as Cicero saith
25       25|       their sufficiency. Seeming wise men may make shift to get
26       26|         nature; but being men so wise, of such strength and severity
27       26|       that a man in anger, is as wise as he that hath said over
28       28|    himself, had been a grave and wise observation and censure,
29       29|     physician, had he not been a wise man withal, when he giveth
30       30|   tyranny, husbands to jealousy, wise men to irresolution and
31       31|        scorn, He must needs be a wise man, he speaks so much of
32       33|       come to them. Be not penny–wise; riches have wings, and
33       35|      another that aspireth, is a wise prince. Generally, let princes
34       36|         voice by catches, anthem–wise, give great pleasure. Turning
35       38|         I mean the sect of their wise men) lay themselves quietly
36       39|          others towards him. All wise men, to decline the envy
37       41|        first cogitations, not so wise as the second. For there
38       44|           do you not think me as wise as some fowl are, that ever
39       49|      simple men admire them, and wise men use them; for they teach
40       49|          not. Histories make men wise; poets witty; the mathematics
41       50|         Many have an opinion not wise, that for a prince to govern
42       51|        clouds, shall not reap. A wise man will make more opportunities,
43       53|    Glorious men are the scorn of wise men, the admiration of fools,
44       54|        Alphonsus of Castile, the Wise, that made the Siete Partidas.
45       55|          the present time, be by wise judges confined in the execution:
46       55|          part of their office, a wise use and application of laws.