Tit-Bits.

Evening Post, Volume XLVII, Issue 88, 14 April 1894, Page 1 (Supplement)

Tit-Bits.

A faithful friend is not easy to find, for many so - oalied friends are 1 ike London omni - buses, hailing you in fine weather, and shunning you when it rains. An old man once quaintly remarked that, although his acquaintances would fill a church, bis real friends could be packed into a pulpit. But notwithstanding this and similar sayings, the world is in this respect not so bad as it is called. As artillery in battle draws down artillery, so friendliness generally draws friendliness back. And when we have found a true friend, one whom we can trust always, -who knows the best and the worst of us, and who loves us in spite of our faults, then we have got a treasure indeed. A good friend is one who tries to make us do what we can, who brings out what is best, and not^what is> worst, in us. Instead of leading us into temptation, he endeavours to guard uh from it. He is never jealous, but is always ready to rejoice in our prosperity, and to sympathise and help when things go wrong with us. Nor is he afraid to pull us up when he thinks that we ourselves are going wrong. Friends who never show their friendship by telling us when we have plainly erred are but half friends. Of perfect service rendered, duties done In charity, soft speech, and stainless days: These riches shall not fade away in life, Nor any death dispraise. — Sir Edwin Arnold. Idleness is the greatest prodigality in the world ; it throws away that which is invalnable in respect of its present use, and irreparable when it is past being to be recovered by no power of art or nature.— Jeremy Taylor. When the great natural philosopher Michael Faraday was a very young man, he wrote to a friend, " A companion cannot be a good one unless he is morally so. I have met a good companion in the lowest path of life, and I have found such as I despi-ed in a rank far superior to mine." No cool disapproval however stern, no inflicted penalty however severe, has the rtanie effect that a surprised and pointed feeling usually exerts when sincerely felt and frankly expressed. If the girls who look much into mirrors reflect as much as the mirrors do, they -will look into them the jess. J mean to make myself a man, and if I succeed in that, I nhall succeed in eveything else.— Garfield. If a man acts natural, he is sure to act honest ; his conscience never makes him dishonest. Even if there were no profit in labour, it is worthy of acceptation for the pleasure it affords — especially in a London tog. It is remarkable that many deep-sea fishes have very large eyes. It is hence, evident that the depths are in some sort illuminated even although the lays of the sun do not reach them. But niany of the fish are themselves highly luminous — they "* carry their own lanterns about with them ; and some, at least, of them can flasb, anq ex? tinguish their light at will. The literature of the poor, the feelings of the child, the philosophy of the street, the meaning of household words, are the topics of the time. It is a great stride. It is a sign— is it not ?—? — of new vigiour, when the < extremities are made active, when currents of warm life run into the hands and feet. — B. W. Emerson. Endeavour to be patient in bearing with the defects and infirmities of others, of what sort soever they bo, for that thyself also has* many failings which must be borne with by others. — Thomas a Kenipis. Love is never lost. If not reciprocated it will flow back, aud soften and purify the heart. — Irving. You traverse the world in pursuit of happiness, which is within the reach of every man. A contented mind confers it all.— Horace. To make a truce with nei-essity in any way is a brave and womanly thing to do, but to reconcile one's tclf to necessity and accept if;, and adapt one's self to it, is braver stil), and helps one to work joyfully and cheerfully. Accepting the inevitable with a good graco brings out the hidden sweetness of a character with fine effect. — Eleanor Kirk. Good manners and good morals are sworn friends and fast allies. — Bartol. He is not to be called a true lover of wisdom who love* it for the sake of gain, as do lawyers, physicians, and almost all churchmen, who study, not in order to know, but to acquire riohes or advancement, and who would not persevere in study should you give fnein what they desiro to gain by it. The true philosopher loves every part of wisdom. — Dants. A man's time, when well husbanded, is like a cultivated field, of which a few acres produce more of what is useful to life than extensive provinces, even of the richest soil, when over-run with weeds.— Hume. Let her who is full of beauty and admiration, sitting like the queen of flowers in majesty among the daughters of women, let her watch lest vanity enter her heart, beguiling her to rest proudly upon her own strength— let her remember that she standeth upon slippery places, and be not highminded, but fear.— Mrs. Sigonrney.