
Gakumon no Susume [An Encouragement of Learning] (1872–1876).
Deadly Election
Gakumon no Susume [An Encouragement of Learning] (1872–1876).
Interludes, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“4833. The wise Man draws more Advantage from his Enemies, than a Fool from his Friends.”
Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1749) : The wise Man draws more Advantage from his Enemies, than the Fool from his Friends.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“If a man does his best, what else is there?”
“When a man's best friend is his dog, that dog has a problem.”