Woman’s Philosophy.
To think wisely is the part of a sago ; to act wisely requires a combination of man and angel.
It is easier to forgive a friend for the wrong he did us than for the lie he told to keep it from us.
To forgive when we have forgotten is easy ; to forgive when we know we can never forget is noble. The half thoughts of the foolish, put into words, are often the levers that move the wise to think in silence and then act.
To yield love for service is too much like a commercial bargain ; but to serve for love is a monopoly for souls, and selfishness can never break the combination.
That we lost the race because we stopped to point out the right way to a wanderer will be remembered by him, though our names are not capitalized in the next day’s newspaper.
Ink spots may be taken out of mahogany by applying spirits of salts.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1013, 31 July 1891, Page 5
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