R. Chamberlain.
554.
There are braying men in the world as well as braying asses; for what's loud and senseless talking, huffing, and swearing any other than a more fashionable way of braying?
L'Estrange.
555.
All wit and fancy, like a diamond, The more exact and curious 'tis ground, Is forced for every carat to abate As much of value as it wants in weight.
Butler.
556.
Listen, if you would learn; be silent, if you would be safe.
Arabic.
557.
All such distinctions as tend to set the orders of the state at a distance from each other are equally subversive of liberty and concord.
Livy.
558.
No man is the wiser for his learning. It may administer matter to work in, or objects to work upon, but wit and wisdom are born with a man.
Selden.
559.
Those who are guided by reason are generally successful in their plans; those who are rash and precipitate seldom enjoy the favour of the gods.
Herodotus.
560.
Whosoever lends a greedy ear to a slanderous report is either himself of a radically bad disposition or a mere child in sense.
Menander.
561.
A foolish man in wealth and authority is like a weak-timbered house with a too-ponderous roof.
R. Chamberlain.
562.
A lively blockhead in company is a public benefit. Silence or dulness by the side of folly looks like wisdom.
Hazlitt.
563.
Eminent positions make eminent men greater and little men less.
La Bruyère.
564.
Scratch yourself with your own nails; always do your own business, and when you intend asking for a service, go to a person who can appreciate your merit.
Arabic.
565.
The beauty of some women has days and seasons, depending upon accidents which diminish or increase it; nay, the very passions of the mind naturally improve or impair it, and very often utterly destroy it.
Cervantes.
566.
No joy in nature is so sublimely affecting as the joy of a mother at the good fortune of a child.
Richter.
567.
Want and sorrow are the gifts which folly earns for itself.
Schubert.
568.
In character, in manners, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.
Longfellow.
569.
Those who cause dissensions in order to injure other people are preparing pitfalls for their own ruin.
Chinese.
570.
Such deeds as thou with fear and grief Wouldst, on a sick-bed laid, recall, In youth and health eschew them all, Remembering life is frail and brief.
Mahábhárata.
571.
A man should not keep company with one whose character, family, and abode are unknown.
Panchatantra.
572.
Sit not down to the table before thy stomach is empty, and rise before thou hast filled it.
Arabic.
573.
If thou be rich, strive to command thy money, lest it command thee.
Quarles.
574.
In all companies there are more fools than wise men, and the greater part always gets the better of the wiser.
Rabelais.
575.
