493
The man who has not anything to boast of but his illustrious ancestors is like a potato—the only good belonging to him is underground.
Sir Thos. Overbury.
494
When men will not be reasoned out of a vanity, they must be ridiculed out of it.
L’Estrange.
495
Women are ever in extremes, they are either better or worse than men.
La Bruyère.
496
An absent friend gives us friendly company when we are well assured of his happiness.
Goethe.
497
The man of worth is really great without being proud; the mean man is proud without being really great.
Chinese.
498
Liberality consists less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.
La Bruyère.
499
Outward perfection without inward goodness sets but the blacker dye on the mind’s deformity.
R. Chamberlain.
500
As a solid rock is not shaken by the wind, so wise men falter not amidst blame or praise.
Dhammapada.
501
Of what avail is the praise or censure of the vulgar, who make a useless noise like a senseless crow in a forest?
Mahābhārata.
502
Hark! here the sound of lute so sweet,
And there the voice of wailing loud;
Here scholars grave in conclave meet,
There howls the brawling drunken crowd;
Here, charming maidens full of glee,
There, tottering, withered dames we see.
Such light! Such shade! I cannot tell,
If here we live in heaven or hell.
Bhartrihari.