no fire like passion; there is no shark like hatred; there
is no snare like folly; there is no torrent like greed.

_Dhammapada._

448.

Commit a sin twice, and it will not seem to thee a sin.

_Talmud._

449.

Liberality attended with mild language; learning without pride;
valour united with mercy; wealth accompanied with a generous
contempt of it--these four qualities are with difficulty acquired.

_Hitopadesa._

450.

Inquire about your neighbour before you build, and about your
companions before you travel.

_Arabic._

451.

Though you may yourself abound in treasure, teach your son some
handicraft; for a heavy purse of gold and silver may run to waste,
but the purse of the artisan's industry can never get empty.

_Sa'di._

452.

It is an observation no less just than common that there is no
stronger test of a man's real character than power and authority,
exciting, as they do, every passion, and discovering every latent
vice.

_Plutarch._

453.

Rather skin a carcass for pay in the public streets than be idly
dependent on charity.

_Talmud._

454.

Knowledge produces mildness of speech; mildness of speech, a good
character; a good character, wealth; wealth, if virtuous actions
attend it, happiness.

_Hitopadesa._

455.

O how wonderful is the human voice! It is indeed the organ of the
soul. The intellect of man sits enshrined visibly upon his forehead
and in his eye; and the heart of man is written upon his
countenance. But the soul reveals itself in the voice only, as God
revealed himself to the prophet in the still small voice, and in a
voice from the Burning Bush. The soul of man is audible, not
visible. A sound alone betrays the flowing of the eternal fountain
invisible to man.

_Longfellow._

456.

Every gift, though small, is in reality great, if it be given with
affection.[25]

_Philemon._

[25] See also 80.

457.

Goo