~Preaching.~--Preachers say, do as I say, not as I do. But if a physician
had the same disease upon him that I have, and he should bid me do one
thing and he do quite another, could I believe him?--~Selden.~
~Preface.~--Your opening promises some great design.--_Horace._
A preface, being the entrance of a book, should invite by its beauty. An
elegant porch announces the splendor of the interior.--_Disraeli._
A good preface is as essential to put the reader into good humor, as a
good prologue is to a play, or a fine symphony is to an opera,
containing something analogous to the work itself; so that we may feel
its want as a desire not elsewhere to be gratified. The Italians call
the preface--La salsa del libro--the sauce of the book; and, if
well-seasoned, it creates an appetite in the reader to devour the book
itself.--_Disraeli._
~Prejudice.~--He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of
that.--_J. Stuart Mill._
Prejudice, which sees what it pleases, cannot see what is
plain.--_Aubrey de Vere._