Háfiz.
274.
The natural hostility of beasts is laid aside when flying from pursuers; so also when danger is impending the enmity of rivals is ended.
Bháravi.
275.
He who toils with pain will eat with pleasure.
Chinese.
276.
A day of fortune is like a harvest-day, we must be busy when the corn is ripe.
Goethe.
277.
The fame of good men's actions seldom goes beyond their own doors, but their evil deeds are carried a thousand miles' distance.
Chinese.
278.
A subtle-witted man is like an arrow, which, rending little surface, enters deeply, but they whose minds are dull resemble stones dashing with clumsy force, but never piercing.
Mágha.
279.
It is good to tame the mind, which is difficult to hold in, and flighty, rushing wheresoever it listeth: a tamed mind brings blessings.
Dhammapada.
280.
The man who every sacred science knows, Yet has not strength to keep in check the foes That rise within him, mars his Fortune's fame, And brings her by his feebleness to shame.
Bháravi.
281.
What a rich man gives and what he consumes, that is his real worth.
Hitopadesa.
282.
He who does not think too much of himself is much more esteemed than he imagines.
Goethe.
283.
It is a kind of policy in these days to prefix a fantastical title to a book which is to be sold; for as larks come down to a day-net, many vain readers will tarry and stand gazing, like silly passengers, at an antic picture in a painter's shop that will not look at a judicious piece.
Burton.
284.
With many readers brilliancy of style passes for affluence of thought: they mistake buttercups in the grass for immeasurable gold mines under the ground.
Longfellow.
285.
The doctrine that enters only into the ear is like the repast one takes in a dream.
Chinese.
286.
Adorn thy mind with knowledge, for knowledge maketh thy worth.
Firdausí.
287.
Men hail the rising sun with glee, They love his setting glow to see, But fail to mark that every day In fragments bears their life away.
All Nature's face delight to view, As changing seasons come anew; None sees how each revolving year Abridges swiftly man's career.
Ramáyána.
288.
The good man shuns evil and follows good; he keeps secret that which ought to be hidden; he makes his virtues manifest to all; he does not forsake one in adversity; he gives in season: such are the marks of a worthy friend.
Bhartrihari.
289.
No one hath come into the world for a continuance save him who leaveth behind him a good name.[11]
Sa'dí.
[11] Cf. 29.
290.
Gross ignorance produces a dogmatic spirit. He who knows nothing thinks he can teach others what he has himself just been learning. He who knows much scarcely believes that what he is saying is unknown to others, and consequently speaks with more hesitation.
La Bruyère.
291.
When you see a man elated with pride, glorying in his riches and high descent, rising even above fortune, look out for his speedy punishment; for he is only raised the higher that he may fall with a heavier crash.
Menander.
292.
