26 107. There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows, and in miseries.-Shakespeare 108 Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. 109. Be wise and use thy wisdom well; Who wisely speaks must live it too. -Bacon. How first he lived, then spoke the true. -Bonar 110 The charities that soothe, and heal, and bless, Are scattered at the feet of man like flowers. -Wordsworth. 111 So let us live, that if misfortune's blast 112. -J. T. Fields He that has more knowledge than judgment, -Penn. is made for another man's use more than his own. 119. 120. One by one the sands are flowing; One by one the moments fall; One by one thy duties wait thee; Let no future dreams elate thee, Learn thou first what these can teach. One by one thy griefs shall meet thee,- One will fade as others greet thee,— Shadows passing through the land.—Anon. When it rains, let it rain. When there are calms let there be calms. Regrets are both useless and sinful.-Rev. Dr. Poor. 121. To me the world's an open book, I read it in the running brook The swelling grain, the waving grass, -Geo. P. Morris. 126. I dare do all that may become a man; 127. God hath a presence, and that ye may see -Eliza Cook. 128. Moral beauty comprises two distinct elements, -equally, but diversely beautiful,-justice and charity, respect and love of men. He who expresses in his conduct justice and charity, accomplishes the most beautiful of all works; the good man is, in his way, the greatest of all artists.- Victor Cousin. 129. God might have made the earth bring forth Enough for great and small, The oak-tree and the cedar-tree Without a flower at all. We might have had enough, enough For every want of ours, For luxury, medicine, and toil, And yet have had no flowers. -Mary Howitt. |