A scholar sealed a wine vessel he had, but his man bored the bottom and stole the liquor. He was astonished at the liquor’s diminishing, though the seal was entire; and another saying, “Perhaps it is taken out at the bottom.” The scholar answered, Most foolish of men, it is not the under part, but the upper that is deficient.
A scholar meeting a person, said to him, “I heard you were dead.” To which the other answered, “You see I am alive.” The scholar replied, Perhaps so, but he who told me the contrary was a man of much more credit than you.
A scholar hearing that crows lived two hundred years, bought one, saying, I wish to make the experiment.
A scholar being on board a ship in a tempest, when the rest seized upon different articles to swim ashore on, he laid hold of the anchor.
A scholar hearing one of two twins was dead, when he met the other, asked, Which of you was it that died? You or your brother?