13 Saying and doing are two things. 14 Scorning is catching. 15 Scorn to do a mean action, Narrow-leaved Oat Grass. 16 Second thoughts are often best. A merry heart goes all the day; a sad tires in a mile.-Shakespeare. Positive men are most often in error. Purple Melic 17 Second trials often succeed. A cheerful temper, not occasionally but habitually cheerful, is a quality which no wise man would be willing to dispense with in choosing a wife. Mrs. Ellis. Poverty and shame attend those who refuse instruction. 18 Seek to excel. The childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day.-Milton. Praise not the unworthy, though they roll in riches. Grass. 16 Seldom seen, soon forgotten. 17 Self do, self have. 18 Self praise is no honour. Rough Brome 19 Set a thief to catch a thief. The more any one speaks of himself, the less he likes to hear another talked of.-Lavater. Prefer solid sense to wit. Reed Meadow Grass. 20 Shallow brooks are noisy. Courtship consists in a number of quiet attentions, not so pointed as to alarm, nor so vague as not to be understood.-Sterne. Prefer loss to unjust gain. 21 Share and share alike. A crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pictures, and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love.-Bacon. Prefer the glory which endures to all eternity. |