Hence, when you find yourself at a loss in these matters, wait patiently, and mark what the other monkeys do: and then follow suit.

And by so doing, you will gain a vast reputation as an accomplished ape.

Above all things, follow not the silly example of the young spark Karkeke, of whom Mohi was telling me.

Dying, and entering the other world with a mincing gait, and there finding certain customs quite strange and new; such as friendly shades passing through each other by way of a salutation;-- Karkeke, nevertheless, resolved to show no sign of embarrassment.
Accosted by a phantom, with wings folded pensively, plumes interlocked across its chest, he off head; and stood obsequiously before it.

Staring at him for an instant, the spirit cut him dead; murmuring to itself, 'Ah, some terrestrial bumpkin, I fancy,' and passed on with its celestial nose in the highly rarified air.