See Cicero, "Ad Fam." vii. 18; Catullus, xxii. 5, 6.

See "Iliad," xiv. 214-217.

"Allusio ad Homericum ἐπεἱ πόνος ἄλλος ἐπείγει."—Xylander.

"Laws," xi. p. 935 A.

So true are the words of Æschylus, γλώσσῃ ματαίᾳ ζημία προστρίβεται.—"Prom." 329.

Our "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."