SPANISH PROVERBS.

Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Issue 1, 6 October 1877, Page 4

SPANISH PROVERBS.

YlßTri ne'er dwell* withiu that heart Where suaine has ceased to hold <i part One ounce of mirth devoid of folly la worth a tou of melancholy. Tito change of weather and the wind Discourse tor foolb doth always find. ' Whene'er a pood man cornea to thee Examine not hi* pedigree. If thou a shilling'* worth would'st know, To borrow it thou noed'st but go. To reason lend a willing oar. Or ere long she will inuko theo hear. There is no evil ip the end To good, perchance, that may not tend. Tho night make night, the day make day, And life will gaily piles away. The man who doth a widow wed . Must hear tho living praiae the dead. My birth-day first did hear me cry, And every day doth show mo why. The husband sometimes must not seo, 1 And blind the wifo must often be. . If you a gentleman would know, < "lis he whoso deeds proclaim him so. If thou from quarrels keepost freo, j Thou never cau'ist a witness be. What fathers miserably require, Their sous will throw iuto tho tire. With very many war pursue, To council go with very few. A word's a thing that (lies away, But writing may be made to stay. Who idle is when fortune shines, When she departs tiie lirst repines. If youth had wisdom, age had power, Naught would be wautiug for au hour. He who still works may, if he please, lie always thinking of his ease. Who seoks revenge for every wrong, May live iu honour, but not for long. Ton ne'er should say and ne'er should do Tho word and deed wrath prompts you to. Ho who once proves himself a knave Duth seldom change this bide tho grave. To others pardon e'er bestow, But to thyself no mercy show. Three may keep council, it is true. But theu you ohould gut rid of two. Those who thn't.aste of honour know, E'er find its spirit on them grow. Folly and anser are the sumc. The difference is but in name. 'Tis by his deeds, and not his gown, A pious man may best be known.