SAYINGS OF THE DAY.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 61, 11 March 1916, Page 21

SAYINGS OF THE DAY.

A friend in need—most of them are that way. The kisses of women Are like sea water: Who tastes the rno'e Thirsts the more after. What prophet Is there so bold ac to traintain that when another winter rolls round ' the German people will still be Insisting upon the prosecution of the war, confldent In final victory?—" New York Sun." Shortsightedness ln preparing and blun- I ders In executing onr schemes have done more for the enemy than his own sagacity and skill.—Dr. Dillon. Habits of thrift will help us to overcome both the Kaiser and the epectre of poverty which will loom large for years after he (has disappeared.—Dr. Holland Rose. If England Is not to go under In her colossal conflict, have we not immediate need of "one strong man in a blafant land who can rule and dare no* lie?"—Mr W. S. Lilly. "I've seen a game lv cards start among frlnds, but I never see frlnds in a game lv cards. It don't Stand to ralson that ye can love annywan that's tuggin' at yeer watcbehain."—Mr Dooley. A "chain smoker" is a person who Ughts one cigarette from the dying end of another, and a "chain lover" is a man who lights one flame from the dying embers or another.—Helen Rowland. For the next decade or two we will nave to give the go-by to all fal-lals and embroideries. Production, direct or Indirectaddition to the real wealth of the nation, direct or indirect—alone can appeal to the people.—Mr William Hill. iMllltarlsm has entered every department of our national life, except the Army. There alone are laymen and civilians allowed to interfere with the work of experts, to thwart and set aside their professional opinion.—Rev. F. W. Bussell. .1 know no surer way of escape from moods of depression than the reading or Scott's novels. They have never failed mc yet. Behind the horseman mounted on the neighing steed of (Romance sits no 'black care.—Canon Hannay. I am so convinced of the necessity for keeping close watch on the treatment tsy the Government of men in this country with German connections that I am not going to be deterred .by angry answers or official snobs from questioning Ministers when it appears to mc there is sufficient reason for doing so.—Mr .Ronald McNeill. On the occasion of Benjamin Franklin's two hundred and .tenth birthday, just past, it is edifying to recall that certain carpers discouraged the establishment of the first newspaper on which iFranl—n worked, on the ground that North America already had one newspaper.—San Francisco "Bulletin." \