_Goldoni._ 435. Simplicity of character is the natural result of profound thought. _Hazlitt._ 436. When anyone is modest, not after praise, but after censure, then he is really so. _Richter._ 437. Experience has always shown, and reason shows, that affairs which depend on many seldom succeed. _Guicciardini._ 438. Give not thy tongue too great a liberty, lest it take thee prisoner. A word unspoken is like thy sword in thy scabbard; if vented, the sword is in another’s hand.[23] If thou desire to be held wise, be so wise as to hold thy tongue. _Quarles._ [23] Cf. 221; also Metastasio: Voce dal fuggita Poi richiamar non vale; Non si trattien lo strale Quando dall’ arco uscì. [The word that once escapes the tongue cannot be recalled; the arrow cannot be detained which has once sped from the bow.] 439. The old lose one of the greatest privileges of man, for they are no longer judged by their contemporaries. _Goethe._ 440. When the man of a naturally good propensity has much wealth it injures his advancement in wisdom; when a worthless man has much wealth it increases his faults. _Chinese._ 441. In youth a man is deluded by other ideas than those which delude him in middle life, and again in his decay he embraces other ideas. _Mahābhārata._ 442. To consider, Is this man of our own or an alien? is a mark of little-minded persons; but the whole earth is of kin to the generous-hearted.[24] _Panchatantra._ [24] Cf. Luke, X, 29, ff. 443. Skill in advising others is easily attained by men; but to practise righteousness themselves is what only a few can succeed in doing. _Hitopadesa._ 444. Hast thou not perfect excellence, ’tis best To keep thy tongue in silence, for ’tis this Which shames a man; as lightness does attest The nut is empty, nor of value is. _Sa’dī._ 445. Understand a man by his deeds and words; the impressions of others lead to false judgment. _Talmud._ 446. A man of feeble character resembles a reed that bends with every gust of wind. _Māgha._ 447. There is no fire like passion; there is no shark like hatred; there is no snare like folly; there is no torrent like greed.