joices for those which he has.

--_Epictetus._

387

When the well is dry, then we all know the worth of water.

388

In conversation avoid the extremes of
Forwardness
and Reserve.

--_Cato._

389

_Conversation._--To please others we should talk on subjects they like
and that interest them; avoid disputes, seldom ask questions, and never
let them see that we pretend to be better informed than they are.

--_Rochefoucauld._

390

The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the
third good humor, and the fourth wit.

--_Sir W. Temple._

391

Conversation is the music of the mind; an intellectual orchestra, where
all the instruments should bear a part, but where none should play
together.

--_Colton._

392

Never argue in society; if any person differs from you, bow, and turn
the conversation.

--_Beaconsfield._

393

I never, with important air,
In conversation overbear.

--_Gay's Fables._

394

One of the best rules in conversation is, never say a thing which any of
the company can reasonably wish had been left unsaid.

--_Swift._

395

_Conversation._--As it is the mark of great minds to say many things in
a few words, so it is that of little minds to use many words to say
nothing.

"So much they talked, so very little said."

396

To say nothing charmingly is a great gift.

397

_Conversation._--In general those who nothing have to say contrive to
spend the longest time in doing it.

--_An Oriental Apologue._

398

With thee conversing, I forget all time.

--_Milton._

399

It is better to turn back than to go astray.

--_From the German._

400

He who converses with no one, learns nothing.

401

As rust corrupts iron, so envy corrupts man.

--_Antisthenes._

402

_Corporations have no souls_:--Lord Chancellor Thurlow said, "that