17
Let us not overstrain our abilities, or we shall do nothing with grace. A clown, whatever he may do, will never pass for a gentleman.
La Fontaine.
18
To abstain from speaking is regarded as very difficult. It is not possible to say much that is valuable and striking.*
Mahābhārata.
Notes
* Cf. James, III, 8.
19
Pagodas are, like mosques, true houses of prayer;
’Tis prayer that church bells waft upon the air;
Kaaba and temple, rosary and cross,
All are but divers tongues of world-wide prayer.
Omar Khayyām.