Magician. — Magistrates. — Maid.

Magician.

I. The magician mutters and knows not what he

mutters.

Magistrates.

1. Magistrates are to obey as well as execute

laws.

2. No negligence like the magistrates'.

Maid.

1. A maid oft seen and a gown oft worn are dis-

esteemed and held in scorn.

2. A maid that laughs is half taken.

3. A maid that talketh yieldeth.

4. A maiden's heart is a dark forest Russian.

5. A simple maiden in her flower is worth a

hundred coats-of-arms. Tennyson.

6. As spiteful as an old maid.

7. All meat is to be eaten, all maids to be wed.

8. For the virtuous maiden employment is en-

joyment. Don Quixote.

9. Hackney mistress, hackney maid.

10. He must have keen eyes that would know a

maid at sight. Ger.

11. Maidens, like moths, are ever caught by glare.

And mammon wins his way where seraphs

might despair. Byron.

Main Chance.

1. Be careful of the main chance. Dry dm.

2. Have a care of the main chance. Butler.

3. He has an eye to the main chance.

4. Look to the main chance.

Making.

1. He that makes one basket can make a hun-

dred.

2. He that makes the shoe can't tan the leather.

3. He that maketh a fire of straw hath much

smoke and but little warmth.

4. There is no making a good arrow from a pig's

tail. Sp.

5. There is no making a sieve from an ass's tail.

Greek.

6. There is no making pancakes without breaking

the eggs

. 7. There is no making a silk purse out of a sow's

ear.

8. What man has made man can destroy. Ger.

9. You can't make an omelet without breaking

some eggs.

10. You may be a wbe man though you cannot

make a watch.

Malevolent.

I, The malevolent have hidden teeth.

 

He that keeps malice harbors a viper in his

Hot men harbor no malice.

Malice drinketh its own poison. 

Malice hatb a strong sight and a strong memory.

 

Malice is mindful.

Malice seldom wants a mark to shoot at.

More malice than matter