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Things Thoughtful TREASURES THAT CANNOT BE TOUCHED Riches that the world bestows, She can fake and I can lose; But the treasures that are mine Lie afar beyond her line. —Watts. MEN’S INDIVIDUALITY The wealth of the world lies in men’s j individuality.—P. C. Aineworth. A CHINESE PROVERB Gold is tested by fire; man by gold. UNDERSTANDING AND REMEMBERING It is not knowledge to have understood a thing without remembering it. —Dante. LIFE IS NOT ALWAYS DARK Life, believe, is not a dream So dark as sages say; Oft a lively morning rain Foretells a pleasant day. —Charlotte Bronte. HEART’S DESIRES Your heart’s desires be with you. —Shakespeare. EVERY GOOD GIFT Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down I from the Father of lights, with whom j |is no variableness, neither shadow of i j turning.—S. James. TWO DELIGHTFUL THINGS Neither to give nor to take offences, are surely the two things most delightful in human life.—Landor. RICHES BEFORE THE SOUL [ Arc you not ashamed of being carei ful for riches, how you may acquire 1 them in greatest abundance, and for glory and honour, but care not nor take any thought for wisdom and truth, and for your soul, how it may be made most perfect ?—Socrates. PUT ASIDE ALL ANXIOUS THOUGHTS Do not look forward to what might happen to-morrow; the same everlasting Father who cares for you to-day, will take care of you to-morrow, and every day. Either He will shield you from suffering, or He will give you unfailing strength to bear it. Be at peace then, and put aside all anxious thoughts dnd imaginations.—St Francis de Sales.

HUMILITY The man who does good works is more likely to be overtaken by pride in them- than by any other moral mischance . . . Therefore, among the most necessary of virtues is that one which banishes pride; and this is humility.— Bachya Ibn Pakudah. CHARITY Charity . . . beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all Paul. A RULE FOR CONVERSATION One of the best rules in conversation is never to say a thing which any of the company can reasonably wish we had rather left unsaid.—Swift. PLEASURE Pleasure is spread through the earth In stray gifts, to be claimed by whoever shall find.—Wordsworth. ENCOURAGEMENT The men who are lifting the world upward and onward are those who en courage more than criticise. —Elizabeth Harrison. THE VALLEY OF HUMILIATION The Valley of Humiliation is that empty and solitary place. Here a man shall not be so let and hindered in his contemplation, as in other places he rs apt to be. This is a Valley that no. body walks in but those that love a pilgrim’s life . . . Yet I must tell you that in former times men have met with angels here, have found pearls here, and have in this place the words O- life.—Bunyan. THE STRONG MIND The truly strong and sound mind is the mind that can embrace equally great things and small. —Johnson. ART Art is the true and happy science of the soul. Exploring nature for spiritual influ ences, As both physical science for comforting powers, Advancing so to a sure knowledge with like progress.—R. Bridges. THE SPIRIT OF MAN The spirit of man is like a kite, which rises by means of those very forces which seem to oppose its rise—the tie that joins it to the earth, the opposing winds of temptation, and the weight of earth-born affections which it carries with it into the sky. —Coventry Patmore. OLD CUSTOM "Hath not old custom made this life more sweet.” —Shakespeare. WHAT WE MISS We . . see all sights from poie to pole. And glance and nod and bustle by; And never once possess our soul. —Matthew Arnold. THE ROAD TO ADVANCEMENT He that does his best whatever his lot in life may be, is on the sure road of advancement.—Smiles. CONCEALED PRIDE Too rigid scruples are concealed pride.—Goethe. THE FRIEND TO TRUTH Free and fair discussion will ever be found the firmest friend to truth. —George Campbell. NOTHING A TRIFLE Think naught a trifle, though it small appear; Small sands the mountain, moments make the year, And trifles life.—Young. A FRIEND IN SOLITUDE How sweet, how passing sweet is solitude ! But grant me still a friend in my retreat, Whom I may whisper—solitude is sweet.—Cowper. INDUSTRY In every rank, or great or small, 'Tis industry supports us all. —Gay. LIFE AS A GAME The heroes of ancient and modern fame . . . have treated life and fortune as a game to be well and skilfully played, but the stake not to be so valued. but that any time it could be held a trifle light as air, and thrown up. —Emerson. RETURN HATRED WITH LOVE Let a man overcome anger by love,' let him overcome evil by good; let him overcome the greedy by liberality, the | liar by Truth 1 For hatred does not cease by hatred at any time, hatred ceases by love. This is an old rule. —Saying of Buddha.