submit to no fetters. Eat not thy heart; which forbids. to afflict our souls and waste them with vexatious cares. Abstain from beans; that is, keep out of public offices, for anciently the choice of the officers of state was made by beans. PLUTARCH. Might I give counsel to my young hearer, I would say: Try to frequent the company of your betters. In books and life that is the most wholesome society. Learn to admire rightly; the great pleasure of life is that. what the great specially admire. They admire great Narrow spirits admire basely and worship things. meanly.-THACKERAY. Note PROVERBS. The wisdom of many and the wit of one. Earl Rus SELL. While the word is yet unspoken, you are master of it; when once it is spoken, it is master of you.-ARABIC. The tears of repentance are cool, and they refresh the eyes.--ARABIC. Men are naturally tempted by the devil, but an idle. man positively tempts the devil.-SPANISH. Greater is he that ruleth his own spirit than he that taketh a city.-THE BIBLE. Friends tie their purses with a spider's web.-ITALIAN. A crow is no whiter for being washed.-SCOTCH. Hell is paved with good intentions. Hopers go to hell.--ENGLISH and GERMAN. Many good purposes lie in the grave-yard.-PHILIP HENRY. Eaten bread is soon forgotten.-ENGLISH. A favor to come is better than a hundred received.ITALIAN. Eat the present and break the dish.-ARABIC. Better to have a husband without love than with jealousy.-ITALIAN. A thread will tie an honest man better than a rope will tie a rogue.-SCOTCH. He who speaks not till the last may profit by the follies of the rash.-AMERICAN. It is an honor for a man to cease from strife; but a fool will be meddling.-THE Bible. A pearl is often hidden in an ugly shell.-CHINESE. For an honest man, half his wits are enough; all are too few for a knave.-Scotch. Talk at me, and I resist; talk to me, and I may be convinced.-GERMAN. He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind THE BIBLE We do not feel three hundred lashes on another's back. -SERVIAN. A man without religion is like a horse without a bridle. -LATIN. No man is always wise.-PLINY. Three helping each other are as good as six.—Span ISH. Fools can make money. It takes a wise man to tell how to spend it.-ENGLISH. Dig the well before you are thirsty. ---CHINESE. He that walketh with wise men shall be wise, but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.---The Bible. Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle. ANGELO. The burden is light on the shoulders of another, -RUSSIAN. A little too late, much too late. ---DUTCH. A liar is sooner caught than a cripple. ---ITALIAN. A liar should have a good memory.---ENGLISH. The devil's meal runs half to bran. ---FRENCH. Love is master of all arts. ---ITALIAN, Nobody's sweetheart is ugly. ---DUTCH. The fear of the Lord prolongeth days. ---THE Bible. The road of By-and-By leads to the town of Never. --SPANISH. A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches. ---THE BIBLE. Love your neighbor, but do not pull down the fence. --GERMAN. They are rich who have friends. --- PORTUguese. Deeds are love, and not fine speeches. ---SPANISH. The fish that escapes is the biggest fish of all. ---TURK·· ISH. He is rich who does not desire more.---ITALIAN. Takeiteasy and Livelong are brothers. ---GERMAN. Give a bit of your cake to one who is going to have a pie.FRENCH. A stingy man gives an egg to get a chicken. ---GER MAN. Broad thongs are cut from other men's leather.-LATIN. The absent are always in the wrong. ---FRENCH. FINIS. My last words to you are: Be courageous! Strive with manly power against sickly phantasies, and enter, as I do, always more hopefully into active life, that your talents may be more useful to others, and thus to yourself. If With this wish, with these hopes, my infinitely dear friend, I close, and we part silently from each other. man can bear an eternity in his heart, you will remain eternally in mine.-RICHTER. |