Others, and these we must simply put down without comment, are--"One thing acquired with pain is better than fifty with ease"; "When the thief has no opportunity of stealing he thinks himself honest"; "Let the grapes pray for the welfare of the branches"; "Who is strong? he who subdues his passion"; "If I had not lifted the stone you had not found the jewel"; "Whosoever does too much does too little"; "In his own house the weaver is a king"; "Iron sharpens iron, and scholar scholar"; "The way man wishes to go, thither his feet will carry him." It will, we trust, be seen from these examples that our commendation of the Talmud as a mine of proverbic wealth has full justification. FOOTNOTES: [91:A] The warning, "We know not under which stone lurks the scorpion," could not, for example, have had its birth in England, as it points to a peril from which we are wholly exempt. [92:A] Or in less classic phrase--"It's dogged as does it." [93:A] "The preaching of the Word is in some places like the planting of woods, where, though no profit is received for twenty years together, it cometh afterwards. And grant that God honoureth not thee to build His Temple in thy parish, yet thou mayest, with David, provide metals and materials for Solomon, thy successor, to build it with."--THOMAS FULLER, _Holy State_. [95:A] "But in the way of bargain, mark ye me, I'll cavil on the ninth part of a hair."--"Henry IV." [95:B] "Festina lente, not too fast; For haste, the proverb says, makes waste."--"Hudibras." [96:A] The Portuguese is identical: "Mais valle um passaro na mao do que dous voando." [98:A] In French: "Entre la bouche et le verre, le vin souvent tombe à terre." [98:B] Yet it must be remembered that-- "When I hae saxpence under my thumb, Then I get credit in ilka toon, But when I hae naethin' they bid me gang by, Hech! poverty parts gude company." [99:A] He who mixes with unclean things becomes unclean. [99:B] "Quien sirve no est libre," say the Spaniards--"He who serves is not free"; while an old English proverb reminds us that "He who rides behind another does not saddle when he pleases." [101:A] "Donner est mort et prêter est bien malade." [102:A] Those interested may turn for fuller treatment of the proverbs of France to the "Six mille proverbes" of C. Cahier, published in Paris in 1836, to the "Livre des proverbes Français" of Le Roux de Lincy, 1859, or the "Petite Encyclopédie des proverbes Français" of Hilaire le Gais, 1860. [105:A] In France they say, "Clef d'or ouvre toutes sortes de serrures." [105:B] "I weigh the man, not his title: 'tis not the king's stamp can make the metal better."--WYCHERLEY, _The Plain Dealer_. [105:C] The Germans happily say, "Liebe deinen Nachbar, reiss, aber den Zaun nicht ein"--"Love your neighbour, but do not pull down the hedge."