278. If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun. 279.* If you ride a horse, sit close and tight, if you ride a man, sit easy and light. 280. If your riches are yours, why don't you take them with you to the other world? 281. If you would be loved, love and be lovable. 282. If you would be reveng'd of your enemy, govern yourself. 283. If you would have guests merry with cheer, be so yourself, or so at least appear. 284. If you would keep your secret from an enemy, tell it not to a friend. 285. If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth writing. 286. If you would reap praise you must sow the seeds, gentle words and useful deeds. 287.* Ignorance leads men into a party, and shame keeps them from getting out again. 288.* I have never seen the philosopher's stone that turns lead into gold, but I have known the pursuit of it turn a man's gold into lead. 289.* Ill company is like a dog who dirts those most, that he loves best. 290. Ill customs and bad advice are seldom forgotten. 291.* "I'll warrant ye", goes before rashness; "Who'd-a-tho't" comes sneaking after. 292.* Industry pays debts, despair increases them.