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ut only what is just, whether it happens to be done by himself or by another.
Plato.
143.
A man eminent in learning has not even a little virtue if he fears to practise it. What precious things can be shown to a blind man when he holds a lamp in his hand?
Hitopadesa.
144.
The first forty years of our life give the text, the next thirty furnish the commentary upon it, which enables us rightly to understand the true meaning and connection of the text with its moral and its beauties.
Schopenhauer.
145.
Good actions lead to success, as good medicines to a cure: a healthy man is joyful, and a diligent man attains learning; 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'dí.
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.
Ramáyána.
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 introspec