[107] Saádí has the same sentiment in his _Gulislán_--see
_ante_, p. 49.
Every one whose wisdom exceedeth his deeds, to what is he like? To a
tree whose branches are many and its roots few; and the wind cometh and
plucketh it up, and overturneth it on its face.[108]
[108] See also Saádí's aphorisms on precept and practice,
_ante_, p. 47.
If a word spoken in time be worth one piece of money, silence in its
place is worth two.[109]
[109] Here we have a variant of Thomas Carlyle's favourite
maxim, "Speech is silvern; silence is golden."