He Whom Passion Rules, Is

In The Performance Of A Good Action, We Not Only Benefit Ourselves, But We Confer A Blessing Upon Others.

A Churlish Courtesy Rarely Comes But Either For Gain Or Falsehood.

So, Then, The Best Of The Historian Is Subject To The Poet; For Whatsoever Action Or Faction, Whatsoever Counsel, Policy, Or War-stratagem The Historian Is Bound To Recite, That May The Poet, If He List, With His Imitation Make His Own, Beautifying It Both For Further Teaching And More Delighting, As It Pleaseth Him; Having All, From Dante’s Heaven To His Hell, Under The Authority Of His Pen.

It Is Not Good To Wake A Sleeping Lion.

The Journey Of High Honor Lies Not In Smooth Ways.