Feltham.
493.
The man who has not anything to boast of but his illustrious ancestors is like a potato--the only good belonging to him is underground.
Sir Thos. Overbury.
494.
When men will not be reasoned out of a vanity, they must be ridiculed out of it.
L'Estrange.
495.
Women are ever in extremes, they are either better or worse than men.
La Bruyère.
496.
An absent friend gives us friendly company when we are well assured of his happiness.
Goethe.
497.
The man of worth is really great without being proud; the mean man is proud without being really great.
Chinese.
498.
Liberality consists less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.
La Bruyère.
499.
Outward perfection without inward goodness sets but the blacker dye on the mind's deformity.
R. Chamberlain.
500.
As a solid rock is not shaken by the wind, so wise men falter not amidst blame or praise.
Dhammapada.
501.
Of what avail is the praise or censure of the vulgar, who make a useless noise like a senseless crow in a forest?
Mahábhárata.
502.
Hark! here the sound of lute so sweet, And there the voice of wailing loud; Here scholars grave in conclave meet, There howls the brawling drunken crowd; Here, charming maidens full of glee, There, tottering, withered dames we see. Such light! Such shade! I cannot tell, If here we live in heaven or hell.
Bhartrihari.
503.
The every-day cares and duties which men call drudgery are the weights and counterpoises of the clock of Time, giving its pendulum a true vibration, and its hands a regular motion; and when they cease to hang upon the wheels, the pendulum no longer sways, the hands no longer move, the clock stands still.
Longfellow.
504.
A man of little learning deems that little a great deal; a frog, never having seen the ocean, considers its well a great sea.
Burmese.
505.
Trust not thy secret to a confidant, for he too will have his associates and friends; and it will spread abroad through the whole city, and men will call thee weak-headed.
Firdausí.
506.
Labour like a man, and be ready in doing kindnesses. He is a good-for-nothing fellow who eateth by the toil of another's hand.
Sa'dí.[28]
[28] See also 429, 453.
507.
Let every man sweep the snow from before his own doors, and not busy himself about the frost on his neighbour's tiles.
Chinese.
508.
With knowledge, say, what other wealth Can vie, which neither thieves by stealth Can take, nor kinsmen make their prey, Which, lavished, never wastes away.
Sanskrit.
509.
Women's wealth is beauty, learning, that of men.
Burmese.
510.
Prosperity attends the lion-hearted man who exerts himself, while we say, destiny will ensure it. Laying aside destiny, show manly fortitude by thy own strength: if thou endeavour, and thy endeavours fail of success, what crime is there in failing?
Hitopadesa.
511.
Spare not, nor spend too much, be this thy care, Spare but to spend, and only spend to spare. Who spends too much may want, and so complain; But he spends best that spares to spend again.
Randolph.
512.
