A scholar having bought a house, looked out of the window, and asked the passengers, _If the house became him_? * * * * * A scholar dreaming he hit his foot on a nail, felt it pain him when he waked, and bound it up. Another scholar coming to see him, asked him, _Why he went to bed without shoes_. A scholar being told the river had carried off a great part of his ground, answered, _What shall I say?_ * * * * * 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?_ * * * * * A scholar coming to a ferry, went into the boat on horseback. Being asked the reason, he said, _I am in great haste_. * * * * * A scholar wanting money sold his books, and wrote to his father, _Rejoice with me, for now my books maintain me_. * * * * * A scholar sending his son to war, the youth said, “I shall bring you back an enemy’s head.” To which the scholar replied, _If you even lose your own head, I shall be happy to see you return in good health_. * * * * * A scholar in Greece receiving a letter from a friend, desiring him to buy some books there, neglected the business. But the friend arriving some time after, the scholar said, _I am sorry I did not receive your letter about the books_. * * * * * A scholar, a bald man, and a barber, travelling together, agreed each to watch four hours at night, in turn, for the sake of security. The barber’s lot came first, who shaved the scholar’s head when asleep, then waked him when his turn came. The scholar scratching his head, and feeling it bald, exclaimed, _You wretch of a barber, you have waked the bald man instead of me_. * * * * *