long for winter's snow.

_Sanskrit._

214.

The best conduct a man can adopt is that which gains him the esteem
of others without depriving him of his own.

_Talmud._

215.

Whoso associates with the wicked will be accused of following their
ways, though their principles may have made no impression upon him;
just as if a person were in the habit of frequenting a tavern, he
would not be supposed to go there for prayer, but to drink
intoxicating liquor.

_Sa'di._

216.

The loss of a much-prized treasure is only half felt when we have
not regarded its tenure as secure.

_Goethe._

217.

The dull-hued turkey apes the gait
Of lordly peacock, richly plumed;
And thus the poetaster shows
When he would fain his verse recite.

_Hindu Poetess._

218.

Knowledge acquired by a man of low degree places him on a level with
a prince, as a small river attains the irremeable ocean; and his
fortune is then exalted.

_Hitopadesa._

219.

An evil-minded man is quick to see
His neighbour's faults, though small as mustard seed;
But when he turns his eyes towards his own,
Though large as _bilva_ fruit, he none descries.

_Mahabharata._

220.

Two persons die remorseful: he who possessed and enjoyed not, and he
who knew but did not practise.

_Sa'di._

221.

With regard to a secret divulged and kept concealed, there is an
excellent proverb, that the one is an arrow still in our possession,
the other is an arrow sent from the bow.

_Jami._

222.

The thing we want eludes our grasp,
Some other thing is given; sometimes
Our wish is gained, and gifts unsought
Are ours; these all are God's own work.

_Hindu Poetess._

223.

If a man conquer in battle a thousand times a thousand men, and if
another conquer himself, he is the greater of conquerors.[10]

_Dhammapada._

[10] Cf. Prov. XVI, 32.

224.

The ma