A bad man, though raised to honour, always returns to his natural course, as a dog’s tail, though warmed by the fire and rubbed with oil, retains its form.[19] _Hitopadesa._ [19] Cf. Arab proverb: “A dog’s tail never can be made straight.” 374. The man who cannot blush, and who has no feelings of fear, has reached the acme of impudence. _Menander._ 375. It is the usual consolation of the envious, if they cannot maintain their superiority, to represent those by whom they are surpassed as inferior to some one else. _Plutarch._ 376. Such as the chain of causes we call Fate, such is the chain of wishes: one links on to another; the whole man is bound in the chain of wishing for ever. _Seneca._ 377. I do remember stopping by the way, To watch a potter thumping his wet clay; And with its all-obliterated tongue It murmured, “Gently, brother, gently, pray!” _Omar Khayyām._ 378. If you only knew the evils which others suffer, you would willingly submit to those which you now bear. _Philemon._ 379. Children form a bond of union than which the human heart finds none more enduring. _Livy._ 380. The sweetest pleasures soonest cloy, And its best flavour temperance gives to joy. _Juvenal._ 381. To our own sorrows serious heed we give, But for another’s we soon cease to grieve. _Pindar._ 382. Can anything be more absurd than that the nearer we are to our journey’s end, we should lay in the more provision for it? _Cicero._ 383. Set about whatever you intend to do; the beginning is half the battle. _Ausonius._ 384. All smatterers are more brisk and pert Than those who understand an art; As little sparkles shine more bright Than glowing coals that gave them light. _Butler._ 385. No prince, how great soever, begets his predecessors, and the noblest rivers are not navigable to the fountain. _A. Marvell._ 386. The guilty man may escape, but he cannot be sure of doing so. _Epicurus._ 387. In everything you will find annoyances, but you ought to consider whether the advantages do not predominate. _Menander._ 388.