The friendships formed between good and evil men differ. The friendship of the good, at first faint like the morning light, continually increases; the friendship of the evil at the very beginning is like the light of midday, and dies away like the light of evening.[13]
Bhartrihari.
[13] In many parts of the East there is practically no twilight.
310.
A hundred long leagues is no distance for him who would quench the thirst of covetousness; but a contented mind has no solicitude for grasping wealth.
Hitopadesa.
311.
The noble-minded dedicate themselves to the promotion of the happiness of others--even of those who injure them. True happiness consists in making happy.
Bháravi.
312.
A benefit given to the good is like characters engraven on a stone; a benefit given to the evil is like a line drawn on water.
Buddhist.
313.
The undertaking of a careless man succeeds not, though he use the right expedients: a clever hunter, though well placed in ambush, kills not his quarry if he falls asleep.
Bháravi.
314.
All love, at first, like generous wine, Ferments and frets until 'tis fine; But when 'tis settled on the lee, And from th' impurer matter free, Becomes the richer still the older, And proves the pleasanter the colder.
Butler.
315.
Safe in thy breast close lock up thy intents, For he that knows thy purpose best prevents.
Randolph.
316.
Frugality should ever be practised, but not excessive parsimony.
Hitopadesa.
317.
He who receives a favour must retain a recollection of it for all time to come; but he who confers should at once forget it, if he is not to show a sordid and ungenerous spirit. To remind a man of a kindness conferred on him, and to talk of it, is little different from a reproach.
Demosthenes.
318.
Pride not thyself on thy religious works, Give to the poor, but talk not of thy gifts: By pride religious merit melts away, The merit of thy alms, by ostentation.
Manu.
319.
The empty beds of rivers fill again; Trees leafless now renew their vernal bloom; Returning moons their lustrous phase resume; But man a second youth expects in vain.[14]
Somadeva.
[14] Cf. Job, XIV, 7.
320.
Shall He to thee His aid refuse Who clothes the swan in dazzling white, Who robes in green the parrot bright, The peacocks decks in rainbow hues?[15]
Hitopadesa.
[15] Cf. Matt. VI, 25, 26.
321.
A bad man is as much pleased as a good man is distressed to speak ill of others.
Mahábhárata.
322.
Every bird has its decoy, and every man is led and misled in his own peculiar way.
Goethe.
323.
There is such a grateful tickling in the mind of man in being commended that even when we know the praises which are bestowed on us are not our due, we are not angry with the author's insincerity.
Feltham.
324.
Too much to lament a misery is the next way to draw on a remediless mischief.
R. Chamberlain.
325.
There is no remembrance which time doth not obliterate, nor pain which death doth not put an end to.
Cervantes.
326.
Look not mournfully into the Past. It comes not back again. Wisely improve the Present. It is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy Future, without fear, and with a manly heart.
Longfellow.
327.
