iseries of the poor are entirely
disregarded; and yet some of the lower ranks of people undergo more
real hardships in one day than those of a more exalted station
suffer in their whole lives.

_Goldsmith._

203.

It is impossible for those who are engaged in low and grovelling
pursuits to entertain noble and generous sentiments. Their thoughts
must always necessarily be somewhat similar to their employments.

_Demosthenes._

204.

The interval is immense between corporeal qualifications and
sciences: the body in a moment is extinct, but knowledge endureth to
the end of time.

_Hitopadesa._

205.

If thou lackest knowledge, what hast thou then acquired? Hast thou
acquired knowledge, what else dost thou want?

_Talmud._

206.

Be modest and simple in your deportment, and treat with indifference
whatever lies between virtue and vice. Love the human race; obey
God.

_Marcus Aurelius._

207.

Bootless grief hurts a man's self, but patience makes a jest of an
injury.

_R. Chamberlain._

208.

Poverty without debt is independence.

_Arabic._

209.

Just as the track of birds that cleave the air
Is not discovered, nor yet the path of fish
That skim the water, so the course of those
Who do good actions is not always seen.

_Mahabharata._

210.

He who has wealth has friends; he who has wealth has relations; he
who has wealth is a hero among the people; he who has wealth is even
a sage.

_Hitopadesa._

211.

Like a beautiful flower, full of colour but without scent, are the
fine but fruitless words of him who does not act accordingly.

_Dhammapada._

212.

When men are doubtful of the true state of things, their wishes lead
them to believe in what is most agreeable.

_Arrianus._

213.

Most men the good they have despise,
And blessings which they have not prize:
In winter, wish for summer's glow,
In summer,