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.
* 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.