Show f WITH THE SAGES 1 l what do we live for it if not to make life less difficult for each other george eliot no one who cannot master himself Is worthy to rule and only he can rule goethe cheerfulness is an excellent working quality imparting great elasticity to the character smiles govern my passions with ab solute sway and grow wiser and bet ter as life wears away watts it is a part of my religion to look well after the cheerfulness of life and let the dismals shift tor for themselves louisa M alcott A man s first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart his next to escape the censures of the world joseph addison people are always talking of perseverance courage and fortitude but patience ii the finest and worthiest part of fort tude and the rarest too ruskin human companionship counts tor for very much in life but I 1 think there Is no doubt that the sharpest corners must always be turned alone F F nothing is so easy as to deceive one s self for phat we wish we readily believe but such expectations are often inconsistent with the reality of demosthenes the blossom cannot tell what becomes of its odor and no man can tell what becomes of his influence and ex ample that roll away from him and go beyond his ken in their perilous mission beecher he ile who would do some great thing in this short life mist apply himself to the work with such a concentration of his forces as to idle spectators who live only to amuse themselves looks like insanity francis parkman the reading of books what Is it but the consulting of the wisest men of all ages and all conditions whereby they may communicate to us their most delicate thoughts choicest notions and best inventions couched in good expressions and digested after an ex cellena method bishop barrow |