274
The natural hostility of beasts is laid aside when flying from pursuers; so also when danger is impending the enmity of rivals is ended.
Bhāravi.
275
He who toils with pain will eat with pleasure.
Chinese.
276
A day of fortune is like a harvest-day, we must be busy when the corn is ripe.
Goethe.
277
The fame of good men’s actions seldom goes beyond their own doors, but their evil deeds are carried a thousand miles’ distance.
Chinese.
278
A subtle-witted man is like an arrow, which, rending little surface, enters deeply, but they whose minds are dull resemble stones dashing with clumsy force, but never piercing.
Māgha.