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IT IS NOT HOW LONG, BUT HOW WELL WE LIVE.
THE FRIENDLY COUNSELLOR.
WITHOUT PRETENCE.
The mark of the man of
world is absence of pretence.
USEFUL TRUTHS.
The truths we least
wish to hear are those
which it is most for our
advantage to know.
AIMS AND DUTIES.
What are the aims
which are at the same
time duties ? They are
the perfecting of our-
selves, the happiness of
others.
the
INJURIES.
None more impatiently suffer
injuries than those that are most
forward in doing them.
FORTITUDE.
We have all of us sufficient
fortitude to bear the misfor-
tunes of others.
CHARITY.
In Faith and Hove, the world will disagree,
But all mankind- s concern is Charity :
All must be false that thwart this one great end /
And all of God, that bless mankind, or mend.
Pope.
in SOCIETY.
It is ungenerous to give a man
occasion to blush at his own ig-
norance in one thing, who perhaps
may excel us in many.
BOOKS.
To divert at any time a f*
troublesome fancy, run to thy
books : they presently fix thee
to them, and drive the other
out of thy thoughts. They al-
ways receive thee with the
same kindness.
CONDUCT.
As in our liveg, so also in our
studies, it is most becoming and
most wise, so to temper gravity
with cheerfulness, that the
former may not imbue our minds
with melancholy, nor the latter
degenerate into licentiousness.
BE LIBERAL.
Good is no good but if it be
spend :
God giveth good for none
other end.
Spenser.
FLATTERY.
The coin that is most current
among mankind is flattery : the
only benefit of which is, that
by hearing what we are not we
may be instructed what we
ought to be.
AVARICE.
It may be remarked, for the
comfort of honest poverty, that
avarice reigns most in those
who have but few good quali-
ties to recommend them. This
is a weed that will grow in a
barren soil.
foolish people. C
The great blessings of man-
kind are within us, and within
our reach, but we shut our eyes,
and, like people in the dark, we
fall foul upon the very thing we
search for without finding it.
little kindnesses.
THE LILY AND THE ROSE.
Within the garden's peaceful scene
Appeared two lovely foes,
Aspiring to the rank of queen,
The Lily and the Rose :
The Rose soon redden' d into rage,
And, swelling with disdain,
Appealed to many a poet's page
To prove her right to reign.
The Lily's height bespoke command,
A fair imperial flower ;
She seemed designed for Flora's hand,
The sceptre of her power.
The civil bickering and debate
The goddess chanced to hear,
And flew to save, ere yet too late,
The pride of the parterre.
"Yours is," she said, "the nobler hue,
And yours the statelier mien.
And till a third surpasses you,
Let each be deemed a queen."
Thus soothed and reconciled, each seeks
The fairest British fair ;
The seat of empire is her cheeks,
They reign united there.
COWPER.
IN THE WRONG.
The man who has the
courage to admit that he
has been in the wrong is
not a coward.
ENVY.
If we did but know
how little some enjoy of
the great things that
they possess.there would
not be much envy in t he
world.
DOWNCAST.
No man was ever cast down
with the injuries of fortune, un-
less he had before suffered him-
self to be deceived by her favours.
LISTENING.
Be a good listener. To ap-
pear interested in the conver-
sation of others is a mark of
good breeding. There is some-
thing better than the gift of
tongue .- it is the gift of holding
the tongue.
CHEERFULNESS.
Cheerful looks make every
dish a feast,
And 'tis that crowns a wel-
come.
Massinger.
CHANGED TIMES.
When we are young we are
slavishly employed In procuring
something whereby we may live
comfortably when we grow old ;
and when we are old, we perceive
it is too late to live as we pro-
posed.
o
In the intercourse of
social life, it is by little
acts of watchful kind-
ness, recurring daily and
hourly— and opportuni-
ties of doing kindnesses,
if sought for, are for ever
starting up— it is by
words, by tones, by
gestures, by looks, that
affection is won and
preserved.
BEAUTY.
Who hath not proved how feebly words essay
To fix one spark of beauty s heavenly ray ?
Mho doth not feel, until his failing sight
Faints into dimness with its own delight,
His changing cheek, his sinking heart confess
The might— the majesty of loveliness f
G-
THB LEARNER.
That which we acquire with
the most difficulty we retain
the longest ; as those who have
earned a fortune are usually
more careful of it than those
who have inherited one.
the great man.
He only is great who has the
habits of greatness ; who, after
performing what none in ten
thousand could accomplish,
passes on like Samson, and
"tells neither father nor mother
of it."
DISCRETION.
The greatest parts without
discretion may be fatal to their
owner ; as Polyphemus, deprived
of his eye, was only the more ex-
posed on account of his enormous
strength and stature.
BUSINESS.
To men addicted to
delights, business is an
interruption ; to such
as are cold to delights,
business is an entertain-
ment. For which reason
it was said to one who
commended a dull man
for his application, " No
thanks to him : if he had
no business, he would
have nothing to do."