ricious is like him who attempts to catch Jewish Proverb.

fish in the desert.

40. Some men are called sagacious merely on account of their avarice; whereas, a child can clench its fist the moment it is born.

William Shenstone.

41. The covetous person lives as if the world were made altogether for him, and not he for the world; to take everything and part with nothing. Robert South.

42 The birds of the air despise a miser. Talmud.

43. Some men are as covetous, as if they were to live forever; and others as profuse, as if they were to die the next moment.

Aristotle. 44. A miser grows rich by seeming poor; an extravagant man grows poor by seeming rich. William Shenstone. 45. The prodigal robs his heir, the miser robs himself. The middle way is, justice to ourselves and others. La Bruyère.

46. An avaricious man is a great lover of generosity-in everybody except himself. G. D. Prentice.

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47. "It is a great blessing to possess what one wishes," said some one to an ancient philosopher, who replied: "It is a greater blessing still not to desire what one does not Old Proverb. 48. A man's desires always disappoint him; for though he meets with something that gives him satisfaction, yet it never thoroughly answers his expectations.

La Rochefoucauld.

49. The only gratification a covetous man gives his neighbors is, to let them see that he himself is as little better for what he has, as they are. Penn.

50. Four great enemies to peace inhabit with us, viz., avarice, ambition, envy, and pride. If those enemies were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace. Petrarch.

51. A man that keeps riches and enjoys them not, is like an ass that carries gold and eats thistles.

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Anon.

mere madness-to live like a

wretch that he may die rich.

Robert Burton.

53. No estate can make him rich that has a poor heart.

Anon.

54. If we did but know how little some enjoy of the great things that they possess, there would not be such envy in the world. Edward Young.

55. The difference between the philanthropist and the miser is this: the former lives to give, but the latter dies to give. W. S. Downey.

56. The heart is a small thing, but desireth great matters. It is not sufficient for a kite's dinner, yet the whole world is not sufficient for it. Quarles. 57. Avarice is always poor, but poor by her own fault. Johnson. 58. He who lives only to benefit himself, confers on the world a favor when he dies. Q. S. F. Tertullian.

59. It matters not how wrinkled the face may be, so long as it is not wrinkled by selfishness. Don José Zorilla.

60. The covetous man pines in plenty, like Tantalus up to the chin in water, and yet thirsty. T. Adams.

61. There is a perpetual frost in the pockets of some rich people; as soon as they put their hands into them, they are frozen, so they cannot draw out their purses. Had I my way, I would hang all misers, but reversing the common mode, I would hang them by the heels, that their money might run out of their pockets.

Rowland Hill.

62. The avarice of the miser may be termed the grand sepulchre of all his other passions, as they successively decay. But, unlike other tombs, it is enlarged by repletion, and strengthened by age.

Colton.

63. It is not so sad to be drunken with wine as with covetousness. For he that is seized with illness from wine, after the night is over may get sober, but the covetous person is always drunken, day and night, watching or sleeping.

St. Chrysostom. 64. The glutton's mind is of his belly, the lecher's of his lust, and the covetous man's of his gold. St. Bernard.

CHAPTER XVIII.

THE TONGUE.

Sacred interpreter of human thought,
How few respect or use thee as they ought!
But all shall give account of every wrong,
Who dare dishonor or defile the tongue.

Cowper.

I. It has been said in praise of some men, that they could talk whole hours together upon anything; but it must be owned to the honor of the other sex, that there are many among them who can talk whole hours together upon nothing. Addison.

2. The tongue of a fool is the key of his counsel, which, in a wise man, wisdom hath its keeping. Socrates.

3. Speaking too much is a sign of vanity; for he that is lavish in words, is a niggard in deed. Sir W. Raleigh.

4. Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they would like to say something.

Anon.