Non mihi credendum sed veritati.--If I err, pardon me: Nulla ars
simul et inventa est et absoluta. {19c} I do not desire to be equal
to those that went before; but to have my reason examined with
theirs, and so much faith to be given them, or me, as those shall
evict. I am neither author nor fautor of any sect. I will have no
man addict himself to me; but if I have anything right, defend it as
Truth's, not mine, save as it conduceth to a common good. It
profits not me to have any man fence or fight for me, to flourish,
or take my side. Stand for truth, and 'tis enough.
Scientiae liberales.--Arts that respect the mind were ever reputed
nobler than those that serve the body, though we less can be without
them, as tillage, spinning, weaving, building, &c., without which we
could scarce sustain life a day. But these were the works of every
hand; the other of the brain only, and those the most generous and
exalted wits and spirits, that cannot rest or acquiesce. The mind
of man is still fed with labour: Opere pascitur.
Non vulgi sunt.--There is a more secret cause, and the power of
liberal studies lies more hid than that it can be wrought out by
profane wits.
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