ied
When a King holds consultation, let it be with one beside."

"Sick men are for skilful leeches--prodigals for poisoning--
Fools for teachers--and the man who keeps a secret, for a King."

* * * * *

"With gift, craft, promise, cause thy foe to yield;
When these have failed thee, challenge him afield."

* * * * *

"The subtle wash of waves do smoothly pass,
But lay the tree as lowly as the grass."

* * * * *

"Ten true bowmen on a rampart fifty's onset may sustain;
Fortalices keep a country more than armies in the plain."

"Build it strong, and build it spacious, with an entry and retreat;
Store it well with wood and water, fill its garners full with wheat."

* * * * *

"Gems will no man's life sustain;
Best of gold is golden grain."

"Hard it is to conquer nature: if a dog were made a King,
'Mid the coronation trumpets he would gnaw his sandal-string."

* * * * *

"'Tis no Council where no Sage is--'tis no Sage that fears not Law;
'Tis no Law which Truth confirms not--'tis no Truth which Fear can
awe."

* * * * *

"Though base be the Herald, nor hinder nor let,
For the mouth of a king is he;
The sword may be whet, and the battle set,
But the word of his message goes free."

"Better few and chosen fighters than of shaven-crowns a host,
For in headlong flight confounded, with the base the brave are lost."

"Kind is kin, howe'er a stranger--kin unkind is stranger shown;
Sores hurt, though the body breeds them--drugs relieve, though
desert-grown."

"Betel-nut is bitter, hot, sweet, spicy, binding, alkaline--
A demulcent--an astringent--foe to evils intestine;
Giving to the breath a fragrance--to the lips a crimson red;
A detergent, and a kindler of Love's flame that lieth dead.
Praise the Gods for the good betel!--these be thirteen virtues given,
Hard to meet in one thing blended, even in their happy heaven."

* * * * *

"He is brave whose tongue is silent of the trophies of his sword;
He is great whose quiet bearing marks his greatness well assured."

"When the Priest, the Leech,