Tit-Bits.

Evening Post, Volume L, Issue 42, 17 August 1895, Page 1 (Supplement)

Tit-Bits.

— « It is the courage which shrinks not from being in the minority, provided it is faithful* to the truth that inspires it and the right that it thus upholds, which is the secret spring of all progress, and assures the ultimate triumph of good over evil. If I want to get at the true character of a man, I study his vices more than I do his virtues.— H. W.Shaw. Many a man's vices have at first been nothing worse than good qualities run wild. — J. C. Hare. Vice should be discountenanced and reproved, whether it be among the priests or laity.— John Bale. . * Eloquence, when a' its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection. — Humo. We should do not Mug iuconsiiteut with tho spirit and gouiiu of our institutions. We should do nothing for revenge, but everything for security ; nothing for the post, everything for tho present and the future. It is not what people gain, but what they save, that makes them rich. By unjust gains thou will see more sink in ruin than triumph in success. — Sophocles. No man can for any considerable period appear ono thing to himself and another to tho multitude without becoming bewildered as to which may be his true soli. . It is very painful to be misunderstood and undervalued by those we lovo. But this, too, in our life must we learn to bear without a murmur ; for it is a tale often repeated. If the young business men of the present day were only a little thoughtful of tho advantages they would derive from cultivating thetalentof time, the talentof mental capability, the talent of influence, they would double their gains of every kind— physical, mental, and moral — and find the only true happiness that is to be found in business. Patience is the finest and worthiest part of fortitude, and the rarest too. Patience lies at the root of all pleasures as well as of all powers. Hope herself ceases to be happiness when impatienco accompanies her. Among the many differences which exist between the different nations of the world, one not often dwelt upon is the relative value they attach to the separate virtues which adorn human character. This is not only a matter of more or less civilisation, nor is the advantage entirely on the side of the most refined or prosperous community. For example, while wo, with other industrial nations, honour very highly the virtues of honesty and truthfulness, others less advanced ascribe more importance than we do to the spirit of reverence, the exercise of resignation, and the hardy endurance which characterise a people more warlike and less free than ourselves. 1 his is but one of many instances. If the French people are less to be depended upon and stauooh than the. British, they are more enthusiastic and sympathetic ; if the dwellers in Northern lands have more fortitude and energy, those of Southern countries excel in the amiable and hospitable virtues. A domestic was dismissed at Watford for singing popular songs about the house, to the annoyance of the mistress, an invalid. She was paid for work done, but sued the master for wages in lieu of notice. The County Court Judge, in giving a verdict for the master, said the girl had forfeited all claim to damages for wrongful dismissal. Servants had no right to sing and do what they liked in th« house where they were employed.