Pride not thyself on thy religious works, Give to the poor, but talk not of thy gifts: By pride religious merit melts away, The merit of thy alms, by ostentation. _Manu._ 319. The empty beds of rivers fill again; Trees leafless now renew their vernal bloom; Returning moons their lustrous phase resume; But man a second youth expects in vain.[14] _Somadeva._ [14] Cf. Job, XIV, 7. 320. Shall He to thee His aid refuse Who clothes the swan in dazzling white, Who robes in green the parrot bright, The peacocks decks in rainbow hues?[15] _Hitopadesa._ [15] Cf. Matt. VI, 25, 26. 321. A bad man is as much pleased as a good man is distressed to speak ill of others. _Mahābhārata._ 322. Every bird has its decoy, and every man is led and misled in his own peculiar way. _Goethe._ 323. There is such a grateful tickling in the mind of man in being commended that even when we know the praises which are bestowed on us are not our due, we are not angry with the author’s insincerity. _Feltham._ 324. Too much to lament a misery is the next way to draw on a remediless mischief. _R. Chamberlain._ 325. There is no remembrance which time doth not obliterate, nor pain which death doth not put an end to. _Cervantes._ 326. Look not mournfully into the Past. It comes not back again. Wisely improve the Present. It is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy Future, without fear, and with a manly heart. _Longfellow._ 327. Plans that are wise and prudent in themselves are rendered vain when the execution of them is carried on negligently and with imprudence. _Guicciardini._ 328. Every man stamps his value on himself. The price we challenge for ourselves is given us. Man is made great or little by his own will. _Schiller._ 329. Hath any wronged thee, be bravely revenged. Slight it, and the work’s begun; forgive it, and ’tis finished. He is below himself that is not above an injury. _Quarles._ 330. As gold is tried by the furnace, and the baser metal shown, so the hollow-hearted friend is known by adversity. _Metastasio._ 331. The rose does not bloom without thorns. True, but would that the thorns did not outlive the rose. _Richter._ 332.