chrysolite,” would yet outvalue a mountain of _pebbles without one_, such as they were; even assuming the pebbles to _be_ without; and not merely to _seem_ so, because their flaw was an all-pervading one, and only not so quickly detected, inasmuch as the contrast was wanting of any clearer material which should at once reveal its presence. Footnotes [144] They have for their Latin equivalents such as these; Colo quod aptâsti, ipsi tibi nendum est.—Qui vinum bibit, fæcem bibat.—Ut sementem feceris, ita metes. [145] In respect of other proverbs, such as the following, Tunica pallio propior;—Frons occipitio prior; I have greater doubt. The misuse lies nearer; the selfishness may very probably be in the proverb itself, and not in our application of it; though even these seem not incapable of a fair interpretation. [146] On a toujours assez de force pour supporter le malheur de ses amis. I confess this sounds to me rather like an imitation of Rochefoucault than a genuine proverb. [147] Ognun tira l’acqua al suo molino. [148] Ex alieno tergore lata secantur lora. [149] Zelf is de Man. [150] J’aime mieux un raisin pour moi que deux figues pour toi. [151] Comptez après votre père. Compare the Spanish: Entre dos amigos un notario y dos testigos. [152] Einmal, keinmal. This proverb was turned to such bad uses, that a German divine thought it necessary to write a treatise against it. There exist indeed several old works in German with such titles as the following, _Ungodly Proverbs and their Refutation_. It is not for nothing that Jeremy Taylor in one place gives this warning: “Be curious to avoid all proverbs and propositions, or odd sayings, by which evil life is encouraged, and the hands of the spirit weakened.” In like manner Chrysostom (Hom. 73 in Matt.) denounces the Greek proverb: γλυκὺ ἤτω καὶ πνιξάτω. [153] Peccato celato, mezzo perdonato. [154] Badly turned into a rhyming pentameter: Consonus esto lupis, cum quibus esse cupis. [155] There are very few inculcating an opposite lesson: this however is one: _Spend, and God will send_; which Howell glosses well; “Yes, a bag and a wallet.” [156] Quien en un año quiere ser rico, al medio le ahorcan. [157] Male parta male dilabuntur.—Wie gewonnen, so zerronnen. [158] Ungerechter Pfennig verzehrt gerechten Thaler. [159] Lo ageno siempre pia por su dueño. [160] Der Geiz sammlet sich arm, die Milde giebt sich reich. In the sense of the latter half of this proverb _we_ say, _Drawn wells are seldom dry_; though this word is capable of very far wider application. [161] There is one remarkable Latin proverb on the moral cowardliness which it is the character of riches to generate, saying more briefly the same which Wordsworth said when he proclaimed— “that riches are akin To fear, to change, to cowardice, and death;”