THE power of love, as the basis of a State, has never been tried. THERE is a mortifying experience . . . I mean "the foolish face of praise," the forced smile which we put on in comwhere we do not feel at ease, in answer to conversation which does not interest us. pany EVERY act rewards itself, or in other words integrates itself, in a twofold manner: first, in the thing, or in real nature; and secondly, in the circumstance, or in apparent nature. HAPPY is the house that shelters a friend! It might well be built, like a festal bower or arch, to entertain him a single day. IT was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, "Always do what you are afraid to do." GOOD as is discourse, silence is better and shames it. The length of the discourse indicates the distance of thought betwixt the speaker and the hearer. KNOW that thy life is a flitting state, a tent for a night; and do thou, sick or well, finish that stint. THIS is right and pleas ing .... when a man's biography is conveyed in his gift But it is a cold, lifeless business when you go to the shops to buy me something which does not represent your life and talent, but a goldsmith's. |