g; a just man gains
the reward of his virtue.

_Hitopadesa._

146.

Purpose without power is mere weakness and deception; and power
without purpose is mere fatuity.

_Sa'di._

147.

Suffering is the necessary consequence of sin, just as when you eat
a sour fruit a stomach complaint ensues.

_Burmese._

148.

Riches disclose in a man's character the bad qualities formerly
concealed in his poverty.

_Arabic._

149.

Whate'er the work a man performs,
The most effective aid to its completion--
The most prolific source of true success--
Is energy, without despondency.

_Ramayana._

150.

Humility is a virtue all preach, none practise, and yet everybody is
content to hear. The master thinks it good doctrine for his servant,
the laity for the clergy, and the clergy for the laity.

_Selden._

151.

Authority intoxicates,
And makes mere sots of magistrates;
The fumes of it invade the brain,
And make men giddy, proud, and vain;
By this the fool commands the wise,
The noble with the base complies,
The sot assumes the rule of wit,
And cowards make the base submit.

_Butler._

152.

No man learns to know his inmost nature by introspection, for he
rates himself sometimes too low, and often too high, by his own
measurement. Man knows himself only by comparing himself with other
men; it is life that touches his genuine worth.

_Goethe._

153.

Increase in goodness as long as thou art here, that, when thou
departest, in that thou mayest still be joyful. According to our
words and deeds in this life will be the remembrance of us in the
world.

_Firdausi._

154.

Parents' affection is best shown by their teaching their children
industry and self-denial.

_Burmese._

155.

There are three things to beware of through life: when a man is
young, let him beware of his appetites; when he is middle-aged, of
his passions; and when old, of covetousne