Chinese Proverbs

Frum Hiint'8 Merchnnts Mncw.ino. Plant a flovrer with care and it maX ■ not grow ; st'ek n a willow at rnndom, ' and it forma a thick shado. Oíd age is like a cundió in the wind j - oasily blown out. To show tho val uo of necresy, an omperor made a statue of gold with its inouth closed. Tho love of gain turns wise men into fools. He who has many acquairsfances will bo mixed up with many tronóles. To be overprudent is not mueh better than folly. Asoholar's children are lamiüar with books ; a farmer' sons are vereed in the seasons. Wifc,fortne,childron and profession, are all predestined. A wife ahould excel in four things - virtue, speech, person and needlewurk. High trees feel the wind ; lofty stationfis obnoxious to danger. A certain sage fuared the testimony of four witnesses - heaven, earth, his neighbor, and himself. Those above should notoppress thoee bolow. He who conld see only three days into futurity n:ight enrich himself forever If a ehattering bird be not placed in the innuth, . vexation will not sit botween the eyebrows To be fnlly fed, and warmly clothed and to .dweil at ease without learning, is Hule better than a bestial state. Prosperity produces liberality i.and moduration of temper. An illit.arate person ia like a dry inkstand ; turn it upside down, not a drop. comes from it. A good rat will not rajara the grain near its own hole. (lt is an ill bird, &c.) Think how you can sell a thing bofore buying it. Produce much, consumo liltle, labor diligently, spend uautiously - tha way to get rich. To persecute the unfortunate, is like throwing stones on one fallen into a well. He who has a yellow face and white teeth is an opium smoker. When paths are constantly trodden they are kopt elear; but whon abandoned the weeds choke them up, so weeds choke the mind in tho absence of employment.