Aphorisms.

Waikato Times, Volume 118, Issue 19762, 18 December 1935, Page 17 (Supplement)

Aphorisms.

Imitation is. the sincerest form of flattery. *• * * We ask advice, but we mean approbation. * * He There are two things that bestow consequence: great possessions or great debts. He He H" To excel others is a proof of talent: but to know when to conceal that superiority is a greater proof of prudence. # The greatest friend of Truth is Time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion is Humility. H= He He When the million applaud you, seriously ask yourself what harm you have done: when they censure you, what good. Sensibility would be a good portress if she had but one hand: with her right she opens the door to pleasure, but with her left to pain. He He H= When young, we trust ourselves too much and we trust others too little when old. He * He He that likes a hot dinner, a warm welcome, new ideas and old wine, will not often dine with the great. He He He It is curious that we pay statesmen for what they say, not for what they do: anc judge of them from what they do, not from what they say. He H= He There is this difference between hatred and pity: pity is a thing often avowed seldom felt: hatred is a thing often felt, seldom avowed.

True contentment depends not upon what we have, but upon what we would have: a tub was large enough for Diogenes, but a world was too little for Alexander.