[698-6] See Davenant, page 217.
[699-1] See Herbert, page 206.
[699-2] See Henry, page 283.
[699-3] See Diogenes Laertius, page 766.
MIMNERMUS (TRAGEDIAN).
We are all clever enough at envying a famous man while he is yet
alive, and at praising him when he is dead.
_Frag. 1._
HIPPOCRATES. 460-359 B. C.
Life is short and the art long.[700-1]
_Aphorism i._
Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme
diseases.[700-2]
_Aphorism i._
FOOTNOTES:
[700-1] See Chaucer, page 6.
[700-2] See Shakespeare, page 141.
For a desperate disease a desperate cure.--MONTAIGNE: _Chap. iii.
The Custom of the Isle of Cea._
DIONYSIUS THE ELDER. 430-367 B. C.
Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent.
_Frag. 6._
PLAUTUS. 254(?)-184 B. C.
(_Translated by Henry Thomas Riley, B. A., with a few variations. The
references are to the text of Ritschl's second edition._[700-3])
What is yours is mine, and all mine is yours.[700-4]
_Trinummus. Act ii. Sc. 2, 48._ (_329._)
Not by years but by disposition is wisdom acquired.
_Trinummus. Act ii. Sc. 2, 88._ (_367._)
These things are not for the best, nor as I think they ought to
be; but still they are better than that which is downright bad.
_Trinummus. Act ii. Sc. 2, 111._ (_392._)
He whom the gods favour dies in youth.[700-5]
_Bacchides. Act iv. Sc. 7, 18._ (_816._)
You are seeking a knot in a bulrush.[701-1]
_Menæchmi. Act ii. Sc. 1, 22._ (_247._)
In the one hand he is carrying a stone, while he shows the bread
in the other.[701-2]
_Aulularia. Act ii. Sc. 2, 18._ (_195._)
I had a regular battle with the dunghill-cock.
_Aulularia. Act iii. Sc. 4, 13._ (_472._)
It was not for nothing that the raven was just now croaking on my
left hand.[701-3]
_Aulularia. Act iv. Sc. 3, 1._ (_624._)
There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss
than to make gain.
_Captivi. Act ii. Sc. 2, 77._ (_327._)
Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.[701-4]
_Rudens. Act ii. Sc. 5, 71._
If you are wise, be wise; keep what goods the gods provide you.
_Rudens. Act iv. Sc. 7, 3._ (_1229._)
Consider the little mouse, how sagacious an animal it is which
never entrusts its life to one hole only.[701-5]
_Truculentus. Act iv. Sc. 4, 15._ (_868._)
Nothing is there more friendly to a man than a friend in
need.[701-6]
_Epidicus. Act iii. Sc. 3, 44._ (_425._)
Things which you do not hope happen more frequently than things
which you do hope.[701-7]
_Mostellaria. Act i. Sc. 3, 40._ (_197._)
To blow and swallow at the same moment is not easy.
_Mostellaria. Act iii. Sc. 2, 104._ (_791._)
Each man reaps on his own farm.
_Mostellaria. Act iii. Sc. 2, 112._ (_799._)
FOOTNOTES:
[700-3] Bohn's Classical Library.
[700-4] See Shakespeare, page 50.
[700-5] See Wordsworth, page 479.
[701-1] A proverbial expression implying a desire to create doubts
and difficulties where there really were none. It occurs in
Terence, the "Andria," act v. sc. 4, 38; also in Ennius, "Saturæ,"
46.
[701-2] What man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will
he give him a stone?--_Matthew vii. 9._
[701-3] See Gay, page 349.
[701-4] Patience is a remedy for every sorrow.--PUBLIUS SYRUS:
_Maxim 170._
[701-5] See Chaucer, page 4.
[701-6] A friend in need is a friend indeed.--HAZLITT: _English
Proverbs._
[701-7] The unexpected always happens.--_A common proverb._
TERENCE. 185-159 B. C.
(_From the translation of Henry Thomas Riley, B. A., with occasional
corrections. The references are to the text of Umpfenbach._[702-1])
Do not they bring it to pass by knowing that they know nothing at
all?
_Andria. The Prologue. 17._
Of surpassing beauty and in the bloom of youth.
_Andria. Act i. Sc. 1, 45._ (_72._)
Hence these tears.
_Andria. Act i. Sc. 1, 99._ (_126._)
That is a true proverb which is wont to be commonly quoted, that
"all had rather it were well for themselves than for another."
_Andria. Act ii. Sc. 5, 15._ (_426._)
The quarrels of lovers are the renewal of love.[702-2]
_Andria. Act iii. Sc. 3, 23._ (_555._)
Look you, I am the most concerned in my own interests.[702-3]
_Andria. Act iv. Sc. 1, 12._ (_636._)
In fine, nothing is said now that has not been said before.
_Eunuchus. The Prologue. 41._
It is up with you; all is over; you are ruined.
_Eunuchus. Act i. Sc. 1, 9._ (_54._)
If I could believe that this was said sincerely, I could put up
with anything.
_Eunuchus. Act i. Sc. 2, 96._ (_176._)
Immortal gods! how much does one man excel another! What a
difference there is between a wise person and a fool!
_Eunuchus. Act ii. Sc. 2, 1._ (_232._)
I have everything, yet have nothing; and although I possess
nothing, still of nothing am I in want.[702-4]
_Eunuchus. Act ii. Sc. 2, 12._ (_243._)
There are vicissitudes in all things.
_Eunuchus. Act ii. Sc. 2, 45._ (_276._)
The very flower of youth.
_Eunuchus. Act ii. Sc. 3, 28._ (_319._)
I did not care one straw.
_Eunuchus. Act iii. Sc. 1, 21._ (_411._)
Jupiter, now assuredly is the time when I could readily consent
to be slain,[703-1] lest life should sully this ecstasy with some
disaster.
_Eunuchus. Act iii. Sc. 5, 2._ (_550._)
This and a great deal more like it I have had to put up with.
_Eunuchus. Act iv. Sc. 6, 8._ (_746._)
Take care and say this with presence of mind.[703-2]
_Eunuchus. Act iv. Sc. 6, 31._ (_769._)
It behooves a prudent person to make trial of everything before
arms.
_Eunuchus. Act iv. Sc. 7, 19._ (_789._)
I know the disposition of women: when you will, they won't; when
you won't, they set their hearts upon you of their own
inclination.
_Eunuchus. Act iv. Sc. 7, 42._ (_812._)
I took to my heels as fast as I could.
_Eunuchus. Act v. Sc. 2, 5._ (_844._)
Many a time, . . . from a bad beginning great friendships have
sprung up.
_Eunuchus. Act v. Sc. 2, 34._ (_873._)
I only wish I may see your head stroked down with a
slipper.[703-3]
_Eunuchus. Act v. Sc. 7, 4._ (_1028._)
I am a man, and nothing that concerns a man do I deem a matter of
indifference to me.[703-4]
_Heautontimoroumenos. Act i. Sc. 1, 25._ (_77._)
This is a wise maxim, "to take warning from others of what may be
to your own advantage."
_Heautontimoroumenos. Act i. Sc. 2, 36._ (_210._)
That saying which I hear commonly repeated,--that time assuages
sorrow.
_Heautontimoroumenos. Act iii. Sc. 1, 12._ (_421._)
Really, you have seen the old age of an eagle,[704-1] as the
saying is.
_Heautontimoroumenos. Act iii. Sc. 2, 9._ (_520._)
Many a time a man cannot be such as he would be, if circumstances
do not admit of it.
_Heautontimoroumenos. Act iv. Sc. 1, 53._ (_666._)
Nothing is so difficult but that it may be found out by seeking.
_Heautontimoroumenos. Act iv. Sc. 2, 8._ (_675._)
What now if the sky were to fall?[704-2]
_Heautontimoroumenos. Act iv. Sc. 3, 41._ (_719._)
Rigorous law is often rigorous injustice.[704-3]
_Heautontimoroumenos. Act iv. Sc. 5, 48._ (_796._)
There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you
do it with reluctance.
_Heautontimoroumenos. Act iv. Sc. 6, 1._ (_805._)
How many things, both just and unjust, are sanctioned by custom!
_Heautontimoroumenos. Act iv. Sc. 7, 11._ (_839._)
Fortune helps the brave.[704-4]
_Phormio. Act i. Sc. 4, 25._ (_203._)
It is the duty of all persons, when affairs are the most
prosperous,[704-5] then in especial to reflect within themselves
in what way they are to endure adversity.
_Phormio. Act ii. Sc. 1, 11._ (_241._)
As many men, so many minds; every one his own way.
_Phormio. Act ii. Sc. 4, 14._ (_454._)
As the saying is, I have got a wolf by the ears.[705-1]
_Phormio. Act iii. Sc. 2, 21._ (_506._)
I bid him look into the lives of men as though into a mirror, and
from others to take an example for himself.
_Adelphoe. Act iii. Sc. 3, 61._ (_415._)
According as the man is, so must you humour him.
_Adelphoe. Act iii. Sc. 3, 77._ (_431._)
It is a maxim of old that among themselves all things are common
to friends.[705-2]
_Adelphoe. Act v. Sc. 3, 18._ (_803._)
What comes from this quarter, set it down as so much gain.
_Adelphoe. Act v. Sc. 3, 30._ (_816._)
It is the common vice of all, in old age, to be too intent upon
our interests.[705-3]
_Adelphoe. Act v. Sc. 8, 30._ (_953._)
FOOTNOTES:
[702-1] Bonn's Classical Library.
[702-2] See Edwards, page 21.
[702-3] Equivalent to our sayings, "Charity begins at home;" "Take
care of Number One."
[702-4] See Wotton, page 174.
[703-1]
If it were now to die,
'T were now to be most happy.
SHAKESPEARE: _Othello, act ii. sc. 1._
[703-2] Literally, "with a present mind,"--equivalent to Cæsar's
_præsentia animi_ (De Bello Gallico, v. 43, 4).
[703-3] According to Lucian, there was a story that Omphale used
to beat Hercules with her slipper or sandal.
[703-4] Cicero quotes this passage in De Officiis, i. 30.
[704-1] This was a proverbial expression, signifying a hale and
vigorous old age.
[704-2] See Heywood, page 11.
Some ambassadors from the Celtæ, being asked by Alexander what in
the world they dreaded most, answered, that they feared lest the
sky should fall upon them.--ARRIANUS: _lib. i. 4._
[704-3] Extreme law, extreme injustice, is now become a stale
proverb in discourse.--CICERO: _De Officiis, i. 33._
Une extrême justice est souvent une injure (Extreme justice is
often injustice).--RACINE: _Frères Ennemies, act iv. sc. 3._
Mais l'extrême justice est une extrême injure.--VOLTAIRE:
_OEdipus, act iii. sc. 3._
[704-4] Pliny the Younger says (book vi. letter xvi.) that Pliny
the Elder said this during the eruption of Vesuvius: "Fortune
favours the brave."
[704-5] CICERO: _Tusculan Questions, book iii. 30._
[705-1] A proverbial expression, which, according to Suetonius,
was frequently in the mouth of Tiberius Cæsar.
[705-2] All things are in common among friends.--DIOGENES
LAERTIUS: _Diogenes, vi._
[705-3] Cicero quotes this passage (Tusculan Questions, book
iii.), and the maxim was a favourite one with the Stoic
philosophers.
CICERO. 106-43 B. C.
For as lack of adornment is said to become some women, so this
subtle oration, though without embellishment, gives
delight.[705-4]
_De Oratore. 78._
Thus in the beginning the world was so made that certain signs
come before certain events.[705-5]
_De Divinatione. i. 118._
He is never less at leisure than when at leisure.[705-6]
_De Officiis. iii. 1._
While the sick man has life there is hope.[705-7]
_Epistolarum ad Atticum. ix. 10, 4._
FOOTNOTES:
[705-4] See Thomson, page 356.
[705-5] See Coleridge, page 504.
[705-6] See Rogers, page 455.
[705-7] See Gay, page 349.
LUCRETIUS. 95-55 B. C.
Continual dropping wears away a stone.[706-1]
_De Rerum Natura. i. 313._
What is food to one man may be fierce poison to others.[706-2]
_De Rerum Natura. iv. 637._
In the midst of the fountain of wit there arises something
bitter, which stings in the very flowers.[706-3]
_De Rerum Natura. iv. 1133._
FOOTNOTES:
[706-1] See Lyly, page 32.
[706-2] See Beaumont and Fletcher, page 199.
[706-3] See Byron, page 540.
HORACE. 65-8 B. C.
Brave men were living before Agamemnon.[706-4]
_Odes. iv. 9, 25._
In peace, as a wise man, he should make suitable preparation for
war.[706-5]
_Satires, ii. 2._ (_111._)
You may see me, fat and shining, with well-cared-for hide, . . .
a hog from Epicurus's herd.[706-6]
_Satires, ii. 4, 15._
What the discordant harmony of circumstances would and could
effect.[706-7]
_Epistles, i. 12, 19._
If you wish me to weep, you yourself must feel grief.[706-8]
_Ars Poetica. 102._
The mountains will be in labour; an absurd mouse will be
born.[706-9]
_Ars Poetica. 139._
Even the worthy Homer sometimes nods.[706-10]
_Ars Poetica. 359._
FOOTNOTES:
[706-4] See Byron, page 555.
[706-5] See Washington, page 425.
[706-6] See Mason, page 393.
[706-7] See Burke, page 409.
[706-8] See Churchill, page 412.
[706-9] A mountain was in labour, sending forth dreadful groans,
and there was in the region the highest expectation. After all, it
brought forth a mouse.--PHÆDRUS: _Fables, iv. 22, 1._
The old proverb was now made good: "The mountain had brought forth
a mouse."--PLUTARCH: _Life of Agesilaus II._
[706-10] See Pope, page 323.
OVID. 43 B. C.-18 A. D.
They come to see; they come that they themselves may be
seen.[707-1]
_The Art of Love. i. 99._
Nothing is stronger than custom.
_The Art of Love. ii. 345._
Then the omnipotent Father with his thunder made Olympus tremble,
and from Ossa hurled Pelion.[707-2]
_Metamorphoses. i._
It is the mind that makes the man, and our vigour is in our
immortal soul.[707-3]
_Metamorphoses. xiii._
The mind, conscious of rectitude, laughed to scorn the falsehood
of report.[707-4]
_Fasti. iv. 311._
FOOTNOTES:
[707-1] See Chaucer, page 3.
[707-2] See Pope, page 344.
I would have you call to mind the strength of the ancient giants,
that undertook to lay the high mountain Pelion on the top of Ossa,
and set among those the shady Olympus.--RABELAIS: _Works, book iv.
chap. xxxviii._
[707-3] See Watts, page 303.
[707-4] And the mind conscious of virtue may bring to thee
suitable rewards.--VIRGIL: _Æneid, i. 604._
OF UNKNOWN AUTHORSHIP.
Love thyself, and many will hate thee.
_Frag. 146._
Practice in time becomes second nature.[707-5]
_Frag. 227._
When God is planning ruin for a man, He first deprives him of his
reason.[707-6]
_Frag. 379._
When I am dead let fire destroy the world;
It matters not to me, for I am safe.
_Frag. 430._
Toil does not come to help the idle.
_Frag. 440._
FOOTNOTES:
[707-5] Custom is almost a second nature.--PLUTARCH: _Rules for
the Preservation of Health, 18._
[707-6] See Dryden, page 269.
This may have been the original of the well known (but probably
post-classical) line, "Quem Jupiter vult perdere, dementat prius."
Publius Syrus has, "Stultum facit fortuna quem vult perdere."
PUBLIUS SYRUS.[708-1] 42 B. C.
(_Translation by Darius Lyman. The numbers are those of the translator._)
As men, we are all equal in the presence of death.
_Maxim 1._
To do two things at once is to do neither.
_Maxim 7._
We are interested in others when they are interested in
us.[708-2]
_Maxim 16._
Every one excels in something in which another fails.
_Maxim 17._
The anger of lovers renews the strength of love.[708-3]
_Maxim 24._
A god could hardly love and be wise.[708-4]
_Maxim 25._
The loss which is unknown is no loss at all.[708-5]
_Maxim 38._
He sleeps well who knows not that he sleeps ill.
_Maxim 77._
A good reputation is more valuable than money.[708-6]
_Maxim 108._
It is well to moor your bark with two anchors.
_Maxim 119._
Learn to see in another's calamity the ills which you should
avoid.[708-7]
_Maxim 120._
An agreeable companion on a journey is as good as a carriage.
_Maxim 143._
Society in shipwreck is a comfort to all.[708-8]
_Maxim 144._
Many receive advice, few profit by it.
_Maxim 149._
Patience is a remedy for every sorrow.[709-1]
_Maxim 170._
While we stop to think, we often miss our opportunity.
_Maxim 185._
Whatever you can lose, you should reckon of no account.
_Maxim 191._
Even a single hair casts its shadow.
_Maxim 228._
It is sometimes expedient to forget who we are.
_Maxim 233._
We may with advantage at times forget what we know.
_Maxim 234._
You should hammer your iron when it is glowing hot.[709-2]
_Maxim 262._
What is left when honour is lost?
_Maxim 265._
A fair exterior is a silent recommendation.
_Maxim 267._
Fortune is not satisfied with inflicting one calamity.
_Maxim 274._
When Fortune is on our side, popular favour bears her company.
_Maxim 275._
When Fortune flatters, she does it to betray.
_Maxim 277._
Fortune is like glass,--the brighter the glitter, the more easily
broken.
_Maxim 280._
It is more easy to get a favour from fortune than to keep it.
_Maxim 282._
His own character is the arbiter of every one's fortune.[709-3]
_Maxim 283._
There are some remedies worse than the disease.[709-4]
_Maxim 301._
Powerful indeed is the empire of habit.[709-5]
_Maxim 305._
Amid a multitude of projects, no plan is devised.[709-6]
_Maxim 319._
It is easy for men to talk one thing and think another.
_Maxim 322._
When two do the same thing, it is not the same thing after all.
_Maxim 338._
A cock has great influence on his own dunghill.[710-1]
_Maxim 357._
Any one can hold the helm when the sea is calm.[710-2]
_Maxim 358._
No tears are shed when an enemy dies.
_Maxim 376._
The bow too tensely strung is easily broken.
_Maxim 388._
Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy.
_Maxim 401._
No pleasure endures unseasoned by variety.[710-3]
_Maxim 406._
The judge is condemned when the criminal is acquitted.[710-4]
_Maxim 407._
Practice is the best of all instructors.[710-5]
_Maxim 439._
He who is bent on doing evil can never want occasion.
_Maxim 459._
One man's wickedness may easily become all men's curse.
_Maxim 463._
Never find your delight in another's misfortune.
_Maxim 467._
It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.
_Maxim 469._
It is better to have a little than nothing.
_Maxim 484._
It is an unhappy lot which finds no enemies.
_Maxim 499._
The fear of death is more to be dreaded than death itself.[711-1]
_Maxim 511._
A rolling stone gathers no moss.[711-2]
_Maxim 524._
Never promise more than you can perform.
_Maxim 528._
A wise man never refuses anything to necessity.[711-3]
_Maxim 540._
No one should be judge in his own cause.[711-4]
_Maxim 545._
Necessity knows no law except to conquer.[711-5]
_Maxim 553._
Nothing can be done at once hastily and prudently.[711-6]
_Maxim 557._
We desire nothing so much as what we ought not to have.
_Maxim 559._
It is only the ignorant who despise education.
_Maxim 571._
Do not turn back when you are just at the goal.[711-7]
_Maxim 580._
It is not every question that deserves an answer.
_Maxim 581._
No man is happy who does not think himself so.[711-8]
_Maxim 584._
Never thrust your own sickle into another's corn.[711-9]
_Maxim 593._
You cannot put the same shoe on every foot.
_Maxim 596._
He bids fair to grow wise who has discovered that he is not so.
_Maxim 598._
A guilty conscience never feels secure.[712-1]
_Maxim 617._
Every day should be passed as if it were to be our last.[712-2]
_Maxim 633._
Familiarity breeds contempt.[712-3]
_Maxim 640._
Money alone sets all the world in motion.
_Maxim 656._
He who has plenty of pepper will pepper his cabbage.
_Maxim 673._
You should go to a pear-tree for pears, not to an elm.[712-4]
_Maxim 674._
It is a very hard undertaking to seek to please everybody.
_Maxim 675._
We should provide in peace what we need in war.[712-5]
_Maxim 709._
Look for a tough wedge for a tough log.
_Maxim 723._
How happy the life unembarrassed by the cares of business!
_Maxim 725._
They who plough the sea do not carry the winds in their
hands.[712-6]
_Maxim 759._
He gets through too late who goes too fast.
_Maxim 767._
In every enterprise consider where you would come out.[712-7]
_Maxim 777._
It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
_Maxim 780._
The highest condition takes rise in the lowest.
_Maxim 781._
It matters not what you are thought to be, but what you are.
_Maxim 785._
No one knows what he can do till he tries.
_Maxim 786._
The next day is never so good as the day before.
_Maxim 815._
He is truly wise who gains wisdom from another's mishap.
_Maxim 825._
Good health and good sense are two of life's greatest blessings.
_Maxim 827._
It matters not how long you live, but how well.
_Maxim 829._
It is vain to look for a defence against lightning.[713-1]
_Maxim 835._
No good man ever grew rich all at once.[713-2]
_Maxim 837._
Everything is worth what its purchaser will pay for it.[713-3]
_Maxim 847._
It is better to learn late than never.[713-4]
_Maxim 864._
Better be ignorant of a matter than half know it.[713-5]
_Maxim 865._
Better use medicines at the outset than at the last moment.
_Maxim 866._
Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.
_Maxim 872._
Whom Fortune wishes to destroy she first makes mad.[713-6]
_Maxim 911._
Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.
_Maxim 914._
He knows not when to be silent who knows not when to speak.
_Maxim 930._
You need not hang up the ivy-branch over the wine that will
sell.[714-1]
_Maxim 968._
It is a consolation to the wretched to have companions in
misery.[714-2]
_Maxim 995._
Unless degree is preserved, the first place is safe for no
one.[714-3]
_Maxim 1042._
Confession of our faults is the next thing to innocency.
_Maxim 1060._
I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.[714-4]
_Maxim 1070._
Keep the golden mean[714-5] between saying too much and too
little.
_Maxim 1072._
Speech is a mirror of the soul: as a man speaks, so is he.
_Maxim 1073._
FOOTNOTES:
[708-1] Commonly called Publius, but spelled Publilius by Pliny
(Natural History, 35, sect. 199).
[708-2] We always like those who admire us.--ROCHEFOUCAULD: _Maxim
294._
[708-3] See Edwards, page 21.
[708-4] It is impossible to love and be wise.--BACON: _Of Love_
(quoted).
[708-5] See Shakespeare, page 154.
[708-6] A good name is better than riches.--CERVANTES: _Don
Quixote, part ii. book ii. chap. xxxiii._
[708-7] The best plan is, as the common proverb has it, to profit
by the folly of others.--PLINY: _Natural History, book xviii.
sect. 31._
[708-8] See Maxim 995.
[709-1] See Plautus, page 701.
[709-2] See Heywood, page 10.
[709-3] See Bacon, page 167.
[709-4] See Bacon, page 165.
Marius said, "I see the cure is not worth the pain."--PLUTARCH:
_Life of Caius Marius._
[709-5] Habit is second nature.--MONTAIGNE: _Essays, book iii.
chap. x._
[709-6] He that hath many irons in the fire, some of them will
cool.--HAZLITT: _English Proverbs._
[710-1] See Heywood, page 14.
[710-2]
The sea being smooth,
How many shallow bauble boats dare sail
Upon her patient breast.
SHAKESPEARE: _Troilus and Cressida, act i. sc. 3._
[710-3] See Cowper, page 419.
[710-4] Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur,--the motto adopted
for the "Edinburgh Review."
[710-5] Practice makes perfect.--_Proverb._
[711-1] See Shakespeare, page 48.
[711-2] See Heywood, page 14.
[711-3] Yet do I hold that mortal foolish who strives against the
stress of necessity.--EURIPIDES: _Hercules Furens, line 281._
[711-4] It is not permitted to the most equitable of men to be a
judge in his own cause.--PASCAL: _Thoughts, chap. iv. 1._
[711-5] See Milton, page 232.
[711-6] See Chaucer, page 3.
[711-7] When men are arrived at the goal, they should not turn
back.--PLUTARCH: _Of the Training of Children._
[711-8] No man can enjoy happiness without thinking that he enjoys
it.--JOHNSON: _The Rambler, p. 150._
[711-9] Did thrust as now in others' corn his sickle.--DU BARTAS:
_Divine Weekes and Workes, part ii. Second Weeke._
Not presuming to put my sickle in another man's corn.--NICHOLAS
YONGE: _Musica Transalpini. Epistle Dedicatory. 1588._
[712-1] See Shakespeare, page 136.
[712-2] Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every
act in life as though it were thy last.--MARCUS AURELIUS:
_Meditations, ii. 5._
[712-3] See Shakespeare, page 45.
[712-4] You may as well expect pears from an elm.--CERVANTES: _Don
Quixote, part ii. book ii. chap. xl._
[712-5] See Washington, page 425.
[712-6] The pilot cannot mitigate the billows or calm the
winds.--PLUTARCH: _Of the Tranquillity of the Mind._
[712-7] In every affair consider what precedes and what follows,
and then undertake it.--EPICTETUS: _That everything is to be
undertaken with circumspection, chap. xv._
[713-1] Syrus was not a contemporary of Franklin.
[713-2] No just man ever became rich all at once.--MENANDER:
_Fragment._
[713-3] See Butler, page 213.
[713-4] See Shakespeare, page 64.
[713-5] See Bacon, page 166.
[713-6] See Dryden, page 269.
[714-1] See Shakespeare, page 72.
[714-2] See Maxim 144.
[714-3] See Shakespeare, page 102.
[714-4] Simonides said "that he never repented that he held his
tongue, but often that he had spoken."--PLUTARCH: _Rules for the
Preservation of Health._
SENECA. 8 B. C.-65 A. D.
Not lost, but gone before.[714-6]
_Epistolæ. 63, 16._
Whom they have injured they also hate.[714-7]
_De Ira. ii. 33._
Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.[714-8]
_De Providentia. 5, 9._
There is no great genius without a tincture of madness.[714-9]
_De Tranquillitate Animi. 17._