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Man, being the servant and interpreter of Nature, can do and understand so much and so much only as he has observed in fact or in thought of the course of nature. Beyond this he neither knows anything nor can do anything.
I have on my own part made it my care and study that the things which I shall propound should not only be true, but should also be presented to men's minds, how strangely soever preoccupied and obstructed, in a manner not harsh or unpleasant. It is but reasonable, however (especially in so great a restoration of…
Foole: The reason why the seuen Starres are no mo then seuen, is a pretty reason. Lear: Because they are not eight. Foole: Yes indeed, thou would'st make a good Foole.