Words of Wisdom.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 793, 13 May 1887, Page 6

Words of Wisdom.

The truest self-respect ia not to think of self.

Unstained honor is the best monument. Prince Consort. It is not well for a man to pray cream and live skimmed milk.

Charity is the first mortgage on every human being's possessions.—Bruy ere. Any feeling that takes a man away from his home is a traitor to the household.

The stream of life forks, and religion is apt to run in one channel and business in another.

Good counsel bestowed upon fools does rather provoke than satisfy them.—From the Sanskrit. ‘ He who would eat the kernel must craok the nut —he who would have the gain must take the pain. Success is full of promise till men get it; and then it is a last year’s nest, from which tho bird has flown. Work is the law of our being—the living principle that carries men and nations onward.—Sir R. Peel. The three things most difficult are—To keep a secret, to forget an injury, and to make good use of leisure. Fear small temptations rather than great ones. These come only now and then—those every day.—Dr. Watts. Happy is he who has learned to do the plain duty of the moment quickly and cheerfully, wherever and whatever it may be. A helping word to one in trouble is often like a switch on a railroad track—but one inch between wreck and smooth-rolling prosperity.

As long as thou shalt live seek to improve thyoelf; presume not that old age brings with itself wisdom. It is better to learn late than never.—Solon.

It is one of the worst 'effects of prosperity to make a man a vortex instead of a fountain, so that, instead of throwing out, he learns only to draw in.