2377. — We  are  likely  to  take  up  false  positions  when  we  abandon
just  ones.
2378. — Skill  must  be  provided  for  to  provide.
2379. — Assert  only  just  sentiments.
2380. — A  just  delivery  is  often  a  boon  to  many.
2381.— Habit  sometimes  gives  strength  to  trade.
2382. — We  give  when  we  take  interest.
2383.— The  present  heightens  the  colour.
2384. — Myriads  will  at  length  take  up  least  room.
2385. — Memory  is  lost  when  it  remembers  evil.
2386. — Late  rest  is  often  late  loss.
2387. — Death  ends  at  last  the  fear  of  it.
2388. — Dissimulation  is    sometimes    a  mask    which    closes    the
wearer's  eyes.
2389. — Let  not  folly  ever  instruct.
2390. — Folly  never  balances  truly.
2391. If  we  limit  our  desires  to  a  certain  time  fortune  will  settle

some  way  either  for  or  against  us.
2392.— Fame  makes  time  itself  sometimes  a  worker  for  thee.
2393. — Comparisons  nearly  differ  as  much  as  do  the  objects.
2394. — Work  when  you  can  with  profit,  not  when  you  might,  for
work  that  is  left  to  the  future  is  work  undone.
2395. — Reserve  often  preserves  from  folly.
2396. — Dangerous  companions  are  often  worse  than  open  enemies.
2397. — We  may  with  reason  expect  the  least  in  that  which  is  left
to  fortune  to  decide.
2398.— A  talent  is  often  a  reserve  of  safety.
66  MAXIMS.
2399. — Poor  and  rich  may  deal  equally  in  promises  if  unknown.
2400. — Knowledge  often  wears  a  mask.
2401. — There  would  be  no  gratitude  if  there  were  no  profit.
2402. — A  good  maxim  is  the  salt  of  knowledge.
2403. — A  good  maxim  will  flavour  many  things.
2404.— He  can  only  trespass  who  can  repair  the  injury  with  profit.
