What they Say:

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21186, 5 November 1938, Page 12

What they Say:

Readers are Invited t contribute u o this column, sayings of notable people f any age, that have Impressed them.

“The roaring of lions, the howling of wolves, the raging of the stormy sea, and the destructive sword, are portions of eternity, too great for the eye of man.”—Blake.

“Give nobly to indigent merit, and do not refuse your charily even to those who have no merit but their misery.”—Lord Chesterfield.

“Phsyical ills are the taxes laid upon this wretched life; some are taxed higher, and some lower, but all pay somethiitg.”—Chesterfield.

“There are few ways in ivhich a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money”—Dr Johnson.

“It is hard for us to live up to our own eloquence and keep pace with our winged words, while we are treading the solid earth and are liable to heavy dining.”—George Eliot.

“There is no excellent Beauty, that hath not some Strangeness in the Proportion.”—Bacon.

“Every man is of importance to himself Johnson. “I always treat fools and coxcombs with great ceremony; true good breeding not being a sufficient barrier against them.” —Chesterfield.

“The morning hour has gold in its mouth.”—German Proverb.

“Distrust all those who love you extremely upon a very slight acquaintance. and without any visible reason. Be on your guard, too, against those who confess as their weaknesses all the cardinal virtues.”—Lord Chesterfield.