Chapter 30
With thee conversing, I forget all time.
--_Milton._
399
It is better to turn back than to go astray.
--_From the German._
400
He who converses with no one, learns nothing.
401
As rust corrupts iron, so envy corrupts man.
--_Antisthenes._
402
_Corporations have no souls_:--Lord Chancellor Thurlow said, "that corporations have neither bodies to be punished, nor souls to be condemned; they therefore do as they like."
403
Corruption is a tree, whose branches are Of an unmeasurable length: they spread Ev'rywhere; and the dew that drops from thence Hath infected some chairs and stools of authority.
--_Beaumont and Fletcher._
404
The thatched cottage where one is merry, is preferable to a palace where one weeps.
--_From the Chinese._
405
Good counsel never comes too late.
--_German._
406
From a safe port 'tis easy to give counsel.
407
He that winna be counselled canna be helped.
--_Scotch._
408
In many counsellors there is safety.
--_From the Latin._
409
Cheerful looks make every dish a feast, And 'tis that, that crowns a welcome.
--_Ma.s.singer._
410
The countenance is frequently more expressive than the tongue.
411
A pleasing countenance is no slight advantage.
--_Duport._
412
A smiling countenance indicates courtesy, joy, good humor and happiness.
413
The character of a man's native country is as strongly impressed on his mind as its accent is on his tongue.
--_Rochefoucauld._