[131:A] "Every man has just as much of vanity as he wants understanding."
[131:B] Another old English proverb says, "Send a fool to market and a fool he will come back." The Italians have it, "Chi bestia va à Roma bestia retorna," and the ancient Romans made the discovery that "Cœlum non animam mutant qui trans mare currunt."
[131:C] "The man that once did sell the lion's skin while the beast lived, was killed with hunting him."—Shakespeare, Henry V.
[132:A] "Kleine Diebe henkt man, vor grosser zieht man den Hut ab"—"Petty thieves are hanged," say the Germans, "but people take off their hats to great ones."
[134:A] Or again: "If you crush spice it will be the sweeter."
[136:A] A poem full of suggestive thoughts, as, for instance:—
"He that in southe no vertu usit,
In age alle honure hym refusit."
"Ever the hiere that thou art,
Ever the lower be thy hert."
"Deme the best of every doute,
Tyl the truthe be tryed out."
[136:B] "'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours, and ask them what report they bore to heaven." "Think nought a trifle, though it small appear, sands make the mountain, moments make the year, and trifles life."