THINGS THOUGHTFUL

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 79, 27 May 1944, Page 6

THINGS THOUGHTFUL

GREETING THE END SERENELY j Spend your brief moment according to nature’s law, and serenely greet the journey’s end. as an olive falls when it is ripe, blessing the branch that bare it, and giving thanks to the tree that gave it life.—Marcus Aurelius. LIVING IN MEMORY To live in hearts we leave behind, It not to die. —Thomas Campbell. WHEN TO WAIT If you are going to do a good thing, do it now; if you are going to do a mean thing, wait till to-morrow. —Anon. CUSTOM Custom may lead a man into many errors, but it justifies none.—Fielding. A PERSIAN PROVERB Who sees his own mistakes has no time to consider those of others. SELF-GOVERNMENT He that would govern others, first should be The master of himself.—Massinger. THE SOUL OF THE BELIEVER The soul of the believer, far from being finally cast down, will always rise through its anxieties to a higher degree of security.—Calvin. OFFERINGS OF RESPECT Worthless things receive a value when they are made the offerings of respect, esteem and gratitude.—Cocke. A GOOD DISPOSITION A good disposition is more valuable than gold, for the later is the gift of fortune, but the former is the dower of nature. —Addison. WHERE TRUE HONOUR LIES The estimate and valour of a man consists in the heart and in the will; there his true honour lies. —Montaigne. THE WORLD ON AN EVEN KEEL If anybody will take down the map of the world and study it he will see at once that the world is ballasted by the English-speaking countries, how. as long as they remain friends, holding the trade routes and the main material resources of the world under their control, the world must needs sail on an even keel. —John Galsworthy. POWER TO BEAR ALL Have you not received powers to magnanimity? Have you not receiv- I ed courage? Have you not received! the limits of which you will bear all! that befalls-? Have you not received J endurance?—Epictetus. SINCERITY AND TRUTH Sincerity and pure truth, in what age soever, find their opportunity and advantage.—Montaigne. * FRIENDSHIP Friendship, a dear balm— Whose coming is as light and music are Mid dissonance and gloom: —a star Which moves not mid the moving heavens alone; A smile among dark frowns; a beloved light; A solitude, a refuge, a delight. —Shelley PEACE Peace ... is a blessing. the achievement of which demands the fulfilling of obligations as well as sacrifices and virile endeavour. —Marshal Petain. RICHER IN SPIRIT Is not life given to us to become richer i/i spirit, even though the outward appearance may suffer from it?—Vincent Van Gogh. A THIRTEENTH CENTURY PRAYER To See thee more clearly Love tliee-more dearly. Follow thee more nearly Day by day, —St. Richard of Chichester.