Proverb lore; many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: ...man, vor grosser zieht man den Hut ab"--"Petty thieves are hanged," say the Germans, "but people take off their hats to great ones." placed in his way. It must, however, be remarked that "Favourites are like sun-dials." Why? Because no one regards them any longer when they are in the shade. "Those that throw away virtue must not expect to save reputation," and "None have less praise than those who hunt after it." The Spaniards have a severe proverb on the corruption of the law-givers: "To the judges of Gallicia go with feet in hand "--a delicate way of advising the law-seeker to bring with him a brace of pheasants or some poultry to help his cause. Things that all may well remember for their guidance are, that " Form is good, but not formality "; that " Respect is better secured by deserving than by soliciting "; that "Candour is pleasant, rudeness is not"; that "Popularity is not love"; that "Desert and reward seldom keep company "; that " Many suffer long who are not longsuffering "; that "Good reasons must give place to better "; that "Favour is no inheritance "; that "He who sets his timepiece by everyone's clock will never know the hour "; that " Things intended are not of the same value as things done"; that "Many complain of want of memory and few of lack of judgment"; that "Too much learning hinders knowledge." The Spaniards say that "A fool, unless he know Latin, is never a great fool"--a severe hit on pompous pedantry. A room may be so full of furniture that one can hardly find a chair to sit down upon, and a man's brain may be so stuffed with recondite lo...