Proverbs of All Nations, Compared, Explained, and Illustrated

by Walter K. Kelly

The used key is always bright.

"'If I rest, I rust,' it says" (German).[391]

Drawn wells have sweetest water;

but

Standing pools gather filth.

Drawn wells are seldom dry.

FOOTNOTES:

[373] Ferme in naturam consuetudo vestitur.—(De Invent. i. 2.)

[374] "Lectures on Moral Philosophy."

[375] Continuanza diventa usanza.

[376] Mudar costumbre a par de muerte.