34 JEROME CARDAN. 



* Do not put faith in dreams ; but do not scorn them , 

 especially because they are peculiar in our family. 



Predict nothing uselessly. 



Four good mothers have begotten four bad sons : 

 Truth Hatred ; Joy Mourning ; Security Danger ; 

 Familiarity Contempt. 



* It is more prudent to spend money usefully than to 

 lay it by, for more results come of the use of money, which 

 is action, than of the preservation of it, which is rest. 



When the mind is perturbed, never deliberate. 

 Say little ; among many words some are imprudent. 



* Never giggle; laughter abounds in the mouth of fools. 

 Great prudence and little wit is better than great wit 



and little prudence. 



Fortune is more easily to be found than got; more 

 easily to be got than kept. 



* There is no necromancy ; it is better for you that you 

 put no faith in alchemy : avoid what is in bad repute. 



Do not talk to other people of yourselves, your children, 

 or your wife. 



Let your dress be clean and elegant, but never costly. 



You will know wise men by their works, not by their 

 words ; you may know fools by both. 



* When you talk with a bad or dishonest man, look at 

 his hand, not at his face. 



