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Most Oriental proverbs are much to the same effect, and it is said that "None know the wily tricks of a woman; they will kill their husbands, and then burn themselves," in order to prove their innocence; and again we are told, "Women's wills and thieves' tricks cannot be fathomed." And an old Welsh proverb warns us against the artifices of womankind, for--
"Nothing earthly hath a way
Like a woman to betray;"
and Hindustani lore tells us that "Womankind is perfidious;" and much to the same purport is the Assamese saying--
Of women, Miris, the parrot, and the crow,
The minds of these four you cannot know;"
for the Assamese never trust women; and not very complimentary is the Hindu saying, "My lady drops a spark in the chaff, and stands off to see the fun." Another common notion, underlying the proverbial lore relating to women, is their meanness--an amusing illustration of which may be quoted from Hindustani maxims, one of which runs thus: "Three cakes of a pennyweight each, and all her friends to eat them." But the reason for this frequent trait of character has been assigned to a woman's proverbial love of money, for--
"Nothing agreeth worse
Than a lady's heart and a beggar's purse."
But, it must be remembered, another proverb tells us that--
"Weal and women cannot pan
But woe and women can"--
