WORDS OF WISDOM.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLV, Issue XLV, 16 August 1910, Page 2

WORDS OF WISDOM.

Take not counsel wilh :i l'ool; for he will not be able to conceal ti..' matter. He that, diseonrseth to a foul is as cne discoursing to a man tlrat slumbereth; and at the end he will say ' ''What is it ''' Be not jealous over tire wife of thy bosom, and teach her not an evil lesson again-t thyself. Blame not before thou hast examined; understand first, and then rebuke. Answer not before thou hast heard; and interrupt not Ju the midst of speech. Strive not in a matter that consemeth thee not. and where sinners judge, sit not thou with them. There is one that toileth. and laboreth, and maketh' haste, and is so much the more behind. TTe that toucheth pitch shall be defiled: and he that hath fellowship wiilr a proud man shall become likunto him. My son, help thy father in his "''! age; and grieve him not so long as lie I:v.eth. A cheerful countenance is a token of a heart that is i" prosperity; and the finding out of parables is a weariness of thinking. As of the leaves llourish'ing on a thick tree, some it shoddet h\ and solicit maketh to grow; so also of the generations of flesh aud blood, one cometh to an end, and another is born. Every work rotteth and falLeth away, and the worker thereof shall depart wit.lv it. As a drop of water from the sea, and a pebble from 1 he sand, so are a few years in the day of eternity. J> e not made a beggar by banqueting ■upon borrowing, when thou hast nothing in thy purse. Presents and gifts blind the eye- of the wi-e. and as a muzzle on the mouth, turn away reproofs. As the going up a sandy way is to tire feet of the aged, so is a wife full of words to a quiet man. There is anger, and impudence, and great reproach, if a woman maintain her husband. Whether a man be rich or poor, a" good heart maketh at all times a cheerfu I count enance. Help thy neighbour according to thy power, and take hood to thy-elf that thou fall not to the same.