Never disclose the source of mortification or of joy, if you wish the one to cease, the other to endure." About secrets the Spaniard is quite as cautious as the Norseman.

He says, "Especially dangerous are secrets entrusted to friends.

He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that other man's slave." But after a great many such cautions in regard to silence and secrecy, he tells us also that we must learn how to fight with the world.

You remember the advice of the "Havamal" on this subject, how it condemns as a fool the man who can not answer a reproach.

The Spaniard is, however, much more malicious in his suggestions.