Worth Remembering.
It is not what wo intend, but what wo do that makes us useful. —Anon. -
No man ought to complain if the world measures him as he measures others. If self be denied for the, goo.d of- &ib,ew», we receive imngeas.ura.bly more than we beqtto.VA An idler is a watch that wants both hands, As useless if itgoes asif it stands.—Cowper. Dost thou love life V then do not squnuder time, for that’s the stuff life is made of.— Franklin. 4 To where beyond these voices there is peace’, ia the concluding lino qf Tennysou B' ‘ Guinevere.’,* • . • d -•> , - Fortune -is like a market, where many rimes, if you wait a little, the price will fall.—Lord Derby. When a rich Quaker was asked the secret of his success iu life, he answered, ‘ Civility, friend, civility.’—Bright. *' There is no writer -that shall not perish ; but what his baud hath ‘written ■ endureth - ever. MYito, therefore, nothihg' but hvliat will please thee when thou Shalt see it in the day of resurrection.—-Arab Sayings.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 859, 17 August 1888, Page 6
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171Worth Remembering. New Zealand Mail, Issue 859, 17 August 1888, Page 6
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