Ancient Collections of Proverbs -- The Proverbs of Solomon -- Ecclesiasticus -- The Work of D'Anvers on Solomon's Proverbs -- The Collections of De Worde, Trevisis, and Lydgate -- The "Adagia" of Erasmus -- Tavernar's "Garden of Wisdom" -- Heywood's Collection of Proverbs -- Camden's "Remaines" -- Davies, the "Scourge of Folly" -- The "Apophthegms" of Lord Bacon -- The "Outlandish Proverbs" of G. H. -- Herbert's "Jacula Prudentum" -- The Work of Howell and Cotgrave -- The "Gnomologia" of Fuller -- The Difficulties of Proverb-classification, by Country, by Leading Word, by Subject, etc. -- Ray's "Collection of English Proverbs" -- The "Paræmiologia" of Walker -- Palmer on Proverbs -- The Sayings of "Poor Richard" 26 CHAPTER III "The Book of Merry Riddles" -- Introduction of Proverbs in our Literature -- A Surfeit of Proverbs -- "The two Angrie Women of Abington" -- Fuller on the Misuse of Proverbs -- The Sayings of Hendyng -- Proverbs in Works of Chaucer, Lydgate, Spenser, Dryden, Shakespeare, and other Writers -- The "Imitation of Christ" -- Glitter is not necessarily Gold -- The Cup and the Lip -- Comparisons odious -- The Rolling-Stone -- The "Vision of Piers Plowman" -- Guelph and Ghibelline -- Dwellers in Glass Houses -- A Spade is a Spade -- Chalk and Cheese -- Silence gives Consent -- A Nine Days' Wonder -- The little Pot soon Hot -- Weakest to the Wall -- Proverb-Hunting through our old Literature 65 CHAPTER IV National Idiosyncrasies -- The Seven Sages of Greece -- Know Thyself -- The Laconic "If" -- Ancient Greek Proverbs -- Roman Proverbs -- The Proverbs of Scotland: Strong Vein of Humour in them -- Spanish and Italian Proverbs -- The Proverbs of France -- The "Comédie des Proverbes" -- The Proverbs of Spain: their Popularity and Abundance; Historic Interest: their Bibliography -- Italian Proverbs: their Characteristics -- The Proverbs of Germany -- Chinese Adages: their Excellence -- Japanese Proverbs: their Poetry and Beauty -- Arab Sayings: their Servility: their Humour -- Eastern Delight in Stories -- African Sayings: their pithy Wisdom -- The Proverb-philosophy of the Talmud 90 CHAPTER V