AMONG THE BOOKS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13874, 7 October 1908, Page 9

AMONG THE BOOKS.

Uneasy lies the head that lacks a crown. —Keegan. Man does not live to be worked for, but to work for others.— . Never mind the future, if only you have peace of conscience.—Amiel. There never, was a bad man that had ability for good service,—Burke. Democracy always chooses fits (leaders from the lawyers.— Edward Clarke. Human beliefs, like all other natural growths, elude the barriers of system.— George Eliot. There are people who commit no errors; they never make up their minds to do airything sensible. —Goethe. < It is only the lofty idea, the untiring, courageous, human idea, that separates gladness from sorrow.—'Maeterlinck. The day of dictating to the domestic how she shall wear, her hair indoors and how she shall dress out of doors is gone for ever. —G. R. Sims. V Endure • and dare, true heart; through patience, joined with boldness, come we at a crown encircled with a thousand blessings.—Spanish Proverb. Surely the actions of men seem to be the ust'est interpreters of their thoughts, and the truest standards by , which we may judge them.—Henry Fielding. To do something, however small, to make others happier and better is the highest ambition, -the most- elevating hope, which can inspire a human —Lubbock. , , With every exertion the best of men can dc but a moderate.amount of good; but it seems in the power of the most contemptible individual to do incalculable mischief. ■—Washington liri'iiikV \