See a note to Essay 15.

Of Castile. She was the wife of Ferdinand of Arragon, and was the patroness of Columbus.

The words in our version are: “He that observeth the wind shall not sow, and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.—Ecclesiastes xi. 1.

Exact in the extreme. Point-de-vice was originally the name of a kind of lace of very fine pattern.

“Appearances resembling virtues.”

“A good name is like sweet-smelling ointment.” The words in our version are, “A good name is better than precious ointment.—Ecclesiastes vii. 1.