Even if you put a SNAKE IN A BAMBOO TUBE you cannot change its WRIGGLING DISPOSITION. (Japanese).

See Bible Proverbs-Old Testament: "Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard his spots? Then may we also do good that are accustomed to do evil.”

Even the Emperor has STRAW-SANDALED RELATIONS. (Japanese).

Everybody must wear out one pair of FOOL'S SHOES if he wear no more. (German).

Falsehood is THE DEVIL'S DAUGHTER and speaks her father's tongue. (Danish).

Folks who advise you to buy A BIG-BELLIED HORSE in a rainy season won't help you to feed him in the dry season when the grass is scarce. (Trinidad Creole). The rainy season is the season during which there is abundant grass.

Full of fun and foustil like MOODY'S GOOSE. (English, Irish).

Get THE NAILS OF YOUR EYES paired. (Hindustani).

GOD'S CLUB makes no noise; when it strikes there is no cure for the blow. (Persian).

Going into a river upon A MUD HORSE. (Telugu).

Do not depend on people who make great pretensions and boast of their power and influence, for they will fail you in time of need.

"Trust not to a broken staff." (English).

Having a good wife and RICH CABBAGE SOUP, other things (Russian).

seek not.

He has cut off THE DEVIL'S EARS.

(Hindustani).

He is so bad that he is more of a devil than the Devil himself.

He may sit in A TUB OF COLD WATER but it will not steam. (Chinese).

He snatches away A FLEA'S HAT. (Osmanli).

He's mean and grasping enough to appropriate everything he can lay his hands on.

"He snatches off the turban of the Kadi." (Arabian). "He would flay a flint.' "He'd skin a louse and send the hide to market." (English). "He would bite a cent in two." (Dutch).

He who waits for DEAD MEN'S SHOES is in danger of going barefoot. (French, Danish).

If THE RIGHT THIGH be pinched, pain will also be felt in the left. (Malay).

If the snake wasn't spunky, women would use it for PETTICOAT STRINGS. (Trinidad Creole).

If you wish to be a king become A WILD ASS.

(Syriac).

That man is a king who brings himself under subjection. "He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit, than he that taketh a city. (Prov. xvi : 32). The power to bring oneself under subjection is best secured in solitude, hence a man becomes a king by separating himself from others and living a hermit's life. The wild ass keeps away from human habitation, so let men keep away from intercourse with their fellow men if they desire to discipline their wills. The proverb is intended to commend a monastic life.

I ne'er sat on your COAT-TAIL. (Scotch).

I never sought to influence you in any way or prevent you from carrying out your purposes.

In the next world usurers have to count RED HOT COINS with bare hands. (Russian).

It is a bold mouse that makes his nest in THE CAT's ear. (Danish).

It is easy to catch A BLIND HORSE. (Welsh).

It is not easy to pluck hairs from A BALD PATE. (Danish).

It's nae mair ferlie to see a woman greet than to see a
GOOSE GANG BAREFIT. (Scotch).

Mair-i.e., more. Ferlie-i.e., wonder.
i.e., weep.

MONKEY LAUGHS when THE SNAIL DANCES.

Greet

(Mauritius

Creole).

MOONSHINE AND OIL, those are the ruin of a house. (Arabian).

To waste oil by burning a lamp when the moon shines is folly and a sign of extravagance.

Naething is got without pains but an ill name and LANG (Scotch).

NAILS.

NINE IMBECILES who are mounted on a donkey. (Osmanli). No more striking picture of imbecility could be presented than that of nine idiots mounted on a stupid beast.

Not every wood will make wOODEN SHOES.

(Danish).

Of brothers-in-law and RED DOGS few are good. (Spanish).

Only the GRAVECLOTHES change the physical nature. (Arabian).

Only THE SILLY DOG chases the flying bird. (Chinese).

Our business is like A MULE'S TAIL-it grows not and grows not smaller. (Bulgarian).

Prayer comes not in answer to the CAT'S PRAYER. (Arabian).

Putting an elephant into a narrow dish; a Horse's eggs, or a flower in the air. (Bengalese).

ROTTEN WOOD cannot be carved. (Chinese).

Scanty cheeks mak' A LANG NOSE. (Scotch).

Sometimes A RED VEST is given and sometimes a kick. (Hindustani).

Sometimes you SoW RED BEANS and WHITE BEANs grow. (Mauritius Creole).

"But, Mousie, thou art no thy lane,

In proving foresight may be in vain:
The best laid schemes o' mice and men,
Gang aft a-gley,

And lea'e us nought but grief and pain,
For promised joy."

Robert Burns.

SWEET MEATS are not distributed during a battle. (Urdu).

The envious man has A WICKED EYE. (Hebrew).

The fowler knows the SERPENT'S SNEEZING.

(Bengalese).

The FRENCHMAN'S LEGS are thin, his soul little; he is fickle (Russian).

as the wind.

The LAZY PIG does not eat ripe pears. (Italian).

The learned have eyes; the ignorant have merely Two SPOTS ON THE FACE. (Kural).

The PORK BUTCHER always likes to talk about swine (Chinese).

The smell is gone from the SCENTED LEATHER and it remains a common hide. (Hindustani).

Applied to those who, having come out of poverty and obscurity and having arisen to a place of influence and authority, have lost their money and fallen back into their former condition.

THE WHITE ANT, the cat, and the wicked spoil good things (Bengalese).

They are galloping A PAPER HORSE. (Hindustani).

They are setting A WOODEN HORSE to gallop. (Hindustani) The work that they have started is impracticable. Through GREEN SPECTACLES the world is green. Japa-) nese).

Tie a TURBAN OF STRAW round thy head, but do not forget thy engagements. (Arabian).

Idiots sometimes make turbans of straw for them-
Better play the fool than break your

selves.
word.

TO A CRAZY SHIP every wind is contrary. (Italian).

To exchange A ONE-EYED HORSE for a blind one. (French).

TWO WATERMELONS cannot be carried under one arm. (Modern Greek).

See Bible Proverbs. New Testament: "No man can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will hold to one and despise the other."

What is obtained on THE DEVIL'S BACK is spent under his belly. (Welsh).

When one is thirsty ONE THOUSAND PEARLS are not worth one drop of water. (Persian).

When the rain is coming THE BULL-FROGS SING. (Louisiana Creole).

With a single blow he opens not NINE NUTS. (Telugu). Used to encourage the spirit of perseverance. "Apelles was not a master painter the first day." "Rome was not built in one day." "Step after step the ladder is ascended." "Troy was not taken in a day." "Tis perseverance that prevails." (English). "The oak is not felled at one blow." "A great state is not gotten in a few hours." (Spanish). "Perseverance kills the game. (Spanish, Portuguese). "By slow degree the bird builds its nest." (Dutch). "Link