We see those who are regarded as being most experienced and judicious, when they least need a thing, seek and cherish it with most avidity.
*Of the Ditch.*
Many will be busied in taking away from a thing, which will grow in proportion as it is diminished.
*Of a Weight placed on a Feather-pillow.*
And it will be seen in many bodies that by raising the head they swell visibly; and by laying the raised head down again, their size will immediately be diminished.
*Of catching Lice.*
And many will be hunters of animals, which, the fewer there are the more will be taken; and conversely, the more there are, the fewer will be taken.
*Of Drawing Water in two Buckets with a single Rope.*
And many will be busily occupied, though the more of the thing they draw up, the more will escape at the other end.
*Of the Tongues of Pigs and Calves in Sausage-skins.*