The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit. --_Sir W. Temple._ 391 Conversation is the music of the mind; an intellectual orchestra, where all the instruments should bear a part, but where none should play together. --_Colton._ 392 Never argue in society; if any person differs from you, bow, and turn the conversation. --_Beaconsfield._ 393 I never, with important air, In conversation overbear. --_Gay's Fables._ 394 One of the best rules in conversation is, never say a thing which any of the company can reasonably wish had been left unsaid. --_Swift._ 395 _Conversation._--As it is the mark of great minds to say many things in a few words, so it is that of little minds to use many words to say nothing. "So much they talked, so very little said." 396 To say nothing charmingly is a great gift. 397 _Conversation._--In general those who nothing have to say contrive to spend the longest time in doing it. --_An Oriental Apologue._ 398 With thee conversing, I forget all time. --_Milton._ 399 It is better to turn back than to go astray. --_From the German._ 400 He who converses with no one, learns nothing. 401 As rust corrupts iron, so envy corrupts man. --_Antisthenes._ 402 _Corporations have no souls_:--Lord Chancellor Thurlow said, "that corporations have neither bodies to be punished, nor souls to be condemned; they therefore do as they like." 403 Corruption is a tree, whose branches are Of an unmeasurable length: they spread Ev'rywhere; and the dew that drops from thence Hath infected some chairs and stools of authority. --_Beaumont and Fletcher._ 404 The thatched cottage where one is merry, is preferable to a palace where one weeps. --_From the Chinese._ 405 Good counsel never comes too late. --_German._ 406 From a safe port 'tis easy to give counsel. 407 He that winna be counselled canna be helped. --_Scotch._ 408 In many counsellors there is safety. --_From the Latin._ 409 Cheerful looks make every dish a feast, And 'tis that, that crowns a welcome. --_Massinger._ 410 The countenance is frequently more expressive than the tongue. 411 A pleasing countenance is no slight advantage.