Shakespeare, 27th October

                                                    Men

Can counsel and speak comfort to that grief

Which they themselves not feel; but, tasting it,

Their counsel turns to passion, which before

Would give preceptial medicine to rage.

Much Ado about Nothing, Act v., Sc. I.

(Note: preceptial is an obsolete word that means

the same thing as preceptive, which is a word I

think I might use more often.)