M. and save all we get; to stint ourselves and everybody belonging to us; to be the friend of no man, and have no man for our friend; to heap interest upon interest, cent upon cent; to be mean, miserable, and despised for some twenty or thirty years, and riches will come as surely as disease, discontent, and disappointment. The esteem of mankind depends upon quite a different thing. To escape the censure of the world you must so live as to avoid the censure of your own heart. 15. If wisdom's ways you truly seek, Of whom you speak-to whom you speak- Never give up! it is wiser and better Never give up! there are chances and changes M. Providence wisely has mingled the cup, And the best counsel in all your distresses, Is the stout watchword of Never give up! Tupper. 16. Take life as it is 'tis a folly to sigh, Or seek for a treasure where seeking is vain; Regretting its loss is but adding to pain; We find before long-every man has his fault. If a world we require that will always be true, Not so easy the errors that lie in ourselves. 17. That not each flower that blossoms bright That not each dream sleep gilds with light, M. 18. In wedlock a species of lottery lies, Where in blanks and in prizes we deal; 19. A bird of free and careless wing Were you through many a smiling spring, Byron. You're weary of the crowded hall, you're weary of the mirth Which never lifts itself above the grosser things of earth. You're weary of the flatterer's tone, its music is no more, And eye and lip may answer not its meaning as before; You're weary of the heartless throng, of being deemed as one Whose spirit kindles only in the blaze of fashion's sun. You speak in very bitterness, for you have deeply felt hours, Like the sighing of the autumn wind over the faded flowers. J. G. Whittier. M. 20. G.-Shun such as lounge through afternoons and eves, The worth of treasures they unthinking steal. O. W. Holmes. L.-Pause ere thy choice has clasped the chain For though of gold its links may be, 21. G.-Thy night of oppression shall end, L.-The music of the nursery, And cares of married life, Will make you think of happy days, Before you were a wife. 22. G.-Oh, poor man's son, scorn not thy state: In merely being rich and great; M. A heritage it seems to me, L.-If ever lot was prosperously cast, J. R. Lowell. If ever life was like a lengthened flow Of some sweet music, sweetness to the last. Moore. 23. If you believe a thing impossible, your desponding will make it so; but they who persevere shall overcome all difficulties. 24. Oh sad estate Of human wretchedness! so weak is man, 25. Oh; if you wish that happiness And crown your early vow; Seek not where you would seek in vain, But be content as now. |