WORDS OF THE WISE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 62, 13 March 1915, Page 19

WORDS OF THE WISE.

The truest lay we have in life is making I other* glad. I Wisdom lies not in the contemplation of Death, ont of Life.—Spinoza. Those Who read know much; .those who •watch, sometimes more.—'Dumas. Courage, sir! that makes a man or woman look their goodliest.—Tennyson. The trappings of a monarchy would set up an ordinary commonwealth.—Johnson. If he loves mc the merit is not mine; the fault will be If he ceases.—W. S. Landor. Courage is resistance to f ear, mastery of fear, not absence at tear. —St. Clement. To give heartfelt praise to noble arsons is In some measure making them our own. — La Rochefoucauld. It is right to destroy a tyrant, and sacrifice self. If It saves the country and rids the world of a monster.—Charlotte Corday. •He that defers Ms Parity until he is dead Is, if a man weighs it tightly, rather liberal of another mane than of his own.— Bacon. He is an optimist who can believe In tae coming of the best while looking at th* •worst.—Dr. Jowett. The individual who determines .to. be reliable, determines thereby to be valuable to all around him. The ultimate result of sheltering men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools. —Herbert Spencer. In matters of great concern and which ■mnst be done, there Is no rarer argument of a weak mind than irresolution.—Tlllotson. As to be perfectly just Is an attribute of ,the divine nature, to be so to the' utmost of our abilities is the glory of a man.— Addison. Believe not each accusing tongue, As most weak persona do; But still believe that story wrong, Which ought not to be true. Life is short. Let us not throw any of it away. In useless resentment. It is best not to be angry. It Is next best to be quickly reconciled. —Samuel Johnson. Men of true wisdom and goodness are contented to take persons and things as they are, without complaining of ithelr Imperfections or attempting to amend them. — Henry Fielding. There is doubtless a great deal of worldly success won by men who are not reliable as far as righteousness goes. But such success has its drawbacks. It works for a while, but is apt to break down like an unreliable engine. So many godfe, so many creeds. So many paths that wind and wind; While just the art of being kind la all the sad world needs. —Ella Wheeler Wilcox. To avoid an occasion for our virtues is a worse degree of failure than to push forward pluckilj- and make a' fall.—v. L. Stevenson.