BEFORE the close of this century, pictures will be as much used in the preaching of sermons as are manuscripts. President Hitchcock. PICTURES are the consolers of loneliness. Irving. EVERY man carries in his own head more pictures than are to be found in all the galleries of the world. Beecher. THE Jew is the pilgrim of commerce, trading with every nation and blending with none. Conybeare & Howson. No nation has treated in poetry moral ideas with more energy and depth than the English. There, it seems to me, is the great merit of the English poets. Voltaire. WHEN you see me lounging about the garden, and pruning a rosebush, you probably suppose that I am thinking of nothing else, when, perhaps, I am deliberating on some weighty matter on which I have to decide. Archbishop Whately. GENIUS is only a superior power of seeing. Ruskin. DUTY and to-day are ours; results and futurity belong to God. Horace Greely. If there is any person whom you dislike, that is the very person of whom you ought never to speak. Cecil. THE next dreadful thing to a battle lost is a battle won Wellington. PERISH policy and cunning, Some will love thee, some will hate thee, Trust in God, and do the right. Norman Macleod. XXII. FIREFLIES. THE firefly only shines when on the wing; Bailey. IN life we always believe that we are seeking repose. while, in reality, all that we ever seek is agitation. Pascal. It is ever the contest that pleases us, and not the victory. Thus it is in play; thus it is in hunting; thus it is in the search of truth; thus it is in life. The past does not interest us, the present does not satisfy, the future alone is the object which engages us. Sir William Hamilton. OUR hopes like towering falcons aim At objects in an airy height, Is afar off-to view the flight. WEEP not that the world changes; did it keep A stable, changeless state, 't were cause indeed to weep. Bryant. BEWARE of getting into a rut from which it may be difficult for you to extricate yourself. Rev. Noah M. Price. WHEN We see the dishonor of a thing, then it is time to renounce it. Plutarch. THE mattock will make a deeper hole in the ground than lightning. Horace Mann. Do not wait for extraordinary opportunities for good actions, but make use of common situations. A long-continued walk is better than a short flight. Goethe. MAINTAIN the place where thou standest. Goethe. A MAN's best friends are his ten fingers. Robert Collyer. A MAN living amid the advantages and activities of the nineteenth century is a condensed Methusalah. Chapin. THE only way to shine, even in this false world, is to be modest and unassuming. Falsehood may be a thick crust, but, in the course of time, truth will find a place to break through. PARLOR feasts extinguish kitchen fires. Bryant. Proverb. THERE is no policy like politeness, since a good manner often succeeds where the best tongue has failed. Magoon. THERE is in human nature a general inclination to make people stare. Samuel Johnson. THE sword is but a hideous flash in the darkness-right is an eternal ray. Victor Hugo. WORDS are keener than steel, And mightier far for woe than for weal. Joaquin Miller. WHILE Thanksgiving has its foundation on Plymouth Rock, Christmas rests upon the Rock of Ages. Charles Dudley Warner. CHANCE is the best introducer. Turkish Proverb. EVERY wind is fair, When we are flying from misfortune. Sophocles. THE English people are like a barrel of their own aleon the top froth, on the bottom dregs, but in the middle excellent. Voltaire. I WISH you not only a happy New Year, but a happy eternity. W. S. Plumer, D.D. THERE is that in some men, which, if not chilled by adversity, would give to the world grand thoughts. WHAT we strove after yesterday, that our hearts begin again to-day. Paul Cassel. A THEME for angels when they celebrate WELCOME! A curse begin at the very root of his heart That is not glad to see thee! Shakespeare. THE earth and air feed the plants, the plants feed the animals, the animals feed the earth and air. This is the great circle of nutrition in nature. J. F. Whittaker, M. D. TIME and patience will change the mulberry leaf to satin. Eastern Proverb. THERE are some deeds so grand That their mighty doers stand Ennobled, in a moment, more than kings. Baker. THE surest way of making a dupe is to let your victim suppose that you are his. Bulwer. THOSE who have finished by making all others think with them, have usually been those who began by daring to think for themselves. Colton. It is a great matter to be in the way of accident, and to be watchful and ready to take advantage of it. Sir Joshua Reynolds. |