MOTTOES.
A proverb is the horse of conversation: when the conversation flags, a proverb revives it: proverbs and conversation follow each other.—Yoruba saying.
5. A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels.
6. To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.—Proverbs, Chap. i.
The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.—Proverbs, Chap. xxvii.
