tt. VII, 14.

544.

Eschew that friend, if thou art wise, who consorts with thy enemies.

_Sa'di._

545.

Who can tell
Men's hearts? The purest comprehend
Such contradictions, and can blend
The force to bear, the power to feel,
The tender bud, the tempered steel.

_Hindu Drama._

546.

Whosoever hath not knowledge, and benevolence, and piety knoweth
nothing of reality, and dwelleth only in semblance.

_Sa'di._

547.

If thou shouldst find thy friend in the wrong reprove him secretly,
but in the presence of company praise him.

_Arabic._

548.

Modesty is attended with profit, arrogance brings on destruction.

_Chinese._

549.

The greatest hatred, like the greatest virtue and the worst dogs, is
quiet.

_Richter._

550.

Is a preface exquisitely written? No literary morsel is more
delicious. Is the author inveterately dull? It is a kind of
preparatory information, which may be very useful. It argues a
deficiency of taste to turn over an elaborate preface unread: for it
is the attar of the author's roses, every drop distilled at an
immense cost. It is the reason of the reasoning, and the folly of
the foolish.

_Isaac D'Israeli._

551.

Vulgar prejudices are those which arise out of accident, ignorance,
or authority; natural prejudices are those which arise out of the
constitution of the human mind itself.

_Hazlitt._

552.

Lament not Fortune's mutability,
And seize her fickle favours ere they flee;
If others never mourned departed bliss,
How should a turn of Fortune come to thee?

_Omar Khayyam._

553.

Harsh reproof is like a violent storm, soon washed down the channel;
but friendly admonitions, like a small shower, pierce deep, and
bring forth better reformation.

_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 fashio