Quidquid agit mundus, monachus vult esse secundus. Quisquis amat luscam, luscam putat esse venustam. Sus magis in cœno gaudet quam fonte sereno. Verba satis celant mores, eademque revelant. Add to these a few of the same description, but un rhymed: Catus amat pisces, sed non vult tingere plantam. It is with this proverb, which is almost of all languages, Like the poor cat i' the adage."-Act I. Scene 7. Cochlea consiliis, in factis esto volucris. Dat Deus omne bonum, sed non per cornua taurum. The Chinese say: Even the ripest fruit does not drop into one's mouth; and another Latin: Non volat in buccas assa columba tuas. Ense cadunt multi, perimit șed crapula plures. Furfure se miscens porcorum dentibus estur. With a slight variation the Italian: Chi si fa fango, il porco Ipsa dies quandoque parens, quandoque noverca. Nomina si nescis, perit et cognitio rerum. Non stillant omnes quas cernis in aëre nubes. So the French: Muraille blanche, papier des sots. Add further a few which occupy two lines: Latin medieval ones in the same spirit abound: among Hoc scio pro certo, quod si cum stercore certo, Multum deliro, si cuique placere requiro; Permutant mores homines, cum dantur honores; THE END. |