eresoever it listeth: a tamed mind brings
blessings.

_Dhammapada._

280.

The man who every sacred science knows,
Yet has not strength to keep in check the foes
That rise within him, mars his Fortune's fame,
And brings her by his feebleness to shame.

_Bharavi._

281.

What a rich man gives and what he consumes, that is his real worth.

_Hitopadesa._

282.

He who does not think too much of himself is much more esteemed than
he imagines.

_Goethe._

283.

It is a kind of policy in these days to prefix a fantastical title
to a book which is to be sold; for as larks come down to a day-net,
many vain readers will tarry and stand gazing, like silly
passengers, at an antic picture in a painter's shop that will not
look at a judicious piece.

_Burton._

284.

With many readers brilliancy of style passes for affluence of
thought: they mistake buttercups in the grass for immeasurable gold
mines under the ground.

_Longfellow._

285.

The doctrine that enters only into the ear is like the repast one
takes in a dream.

_Chinese._

286.

Adorn thy mind with knowledge, for knowledge maketh thy worth.

_Firdausi._

287.

Men hail the rising sun with glee,
They love his setting glow to see,
But fail to mark that every day
In fragments bears their life away.

All Nature's face delight to view,
As changing seasons come anew;
None sees how each revolving year
Abridges swiftly man's career.

_Ramayana._

288.

The good man shuns evil and follows good; he keeps secret that which
ought to be hidden; he makes his virtues manifest to all; he does
not forsake one in adversity; he gives in season: such are the marks
of a worthy friend.

_Bhartrihari._

289.

No one hath come into the world for a continuance save him who
leaveth behind him a good name.[11]

_Sa'di._

[11] Cf. 29.

290.

Gross