THINGS THOUGHTFUL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17345, 18 July 1924, Page 8

THINGS THOUGHTFUL.

Sonio friendships are made by nature some by contract, some by interest, and some by souls.— J. Taylor. THE POWER OF PERSUASION. W e have such extraordinary powers oi persuasion when they are exercised upon ourselves.- Dickens. FRIENDSHIP. To have a friend is to have one of the sweetest gifts that Ufe can bring, to Ih2 a friend is to have a solatium and tender education of soul from day to day. -A. R. Brown. TIMELY LETTER WRITING. A timely written letter is a rivet in the chain of affection.—Longfellow. ALLEVIATION. Patience cannot remove, but it can always dignify aud alleviate misfortune.—Sterne. FOR A THAT. Then let us prav that come it mav. As come it will for a’ that: lliat sense and worth, o’er a 5 the earth May bear the gree’ and a’ that, For a’ that and a’ that. It’s coming yet for a’ that. That man to man. the world o'er Shall brothers be lor a’ that. —Burns. LIFE NOT A HOLIDAY. To those who really live, lite is no holiday ; it is a school, a gymnasium, a workroom. Anon. WHEN EXALTED. Many persons, when exulted, assume an insolent humility, who behaved before with an insolent haughtiness. Shcnstone. THE WAY OF*PERFECTION Herein is the way of perfection -live out each day as one’s last.—Marcus Aurelius. PRACTICE WHAT YOU KNOW Try to put well in practice what you already know ; in so doing you will, in good time, discover the hidden thing.*which you now inquire about. —Rembrandt. IllS HANDFUL OF THORNS. He that hath so many causes of jo\ and so great, is very much in lov with sorrow and peevishness who lose all tiiese pleasures, and chooses to sit down on his little handful of thorns —J. Taylor. RICH AND POOR. Riel* and poor should not be sepa rate; but there should* be a mixture, that the country may prosper; for the ric h supply what the poor have not ; and what we rich men do not possess, we can obtain by employing the poor.— Euripides. ABOUT RICHES. There is a burden of care in get ting riches; fear in keepiu# them! temptation in using them ; guilt iu abusing them; sorrow in losing them; and a burden of account at last to be givea uii concerning them. M. jfcUni>»