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Rh 134. The gold is kept in place of safe, And complexion is on the face.

135. When a dog brings an epistle gently, An excellent man receives it humbly.

136. The pearl in a mouth without emitting, who would know that it is a precious thing.

137. Those who assist people to goodness are really few, But to other’s detriment, they stand in the first clew.

138. When the eastern shop having fitted dress for sale, Prices in the western shop may drop down with fail.

139. Even when a superior man desires some wealth. He justly gets it, with the exception of pelf.

140. when [sic] pleasure is fancied by a chaste lady, She in accordance gets it with propriety.

141. By seven steps a poesy was accomplished, In ancient and modern times we might seldom meet.

142. To drink oft in the day one hundred cups of wines, And chant the odes at night verses of thousand rhymes.

143. The term of man’s age is fourscore and twenty, But few people reach the age of seventy.

144. The poor with his possessed means might be pleased, The rich at every turn wrinkled with grief.

145. A robust slave may be unpolite. And the haughty child is out of rite.

146. The moth which flies into the flame, Burns itself has itself to blame.

147. A thief is a certain villainous scamp, A wise surpasses the superior man.

148. When appetite desires much chew with difficulty, Though being a poor yet treated by neighbours calmly.