September First. Fairest, choose the fairest members Of our lithe society; June's glories and September's September Second. Who has more obedience than I masters me, though he should not raise a finger. September Third. Power is in nature the essential measure of right. Nature suffers nothing to remain in her kingdoms which cannot help itself. September Fourth. Society is a wave. The wave moves onward, but the water of which it is composed does not. September Fifth. The waves of the sea do not more speedily seek a level from their loftiest tossing, than the varieties of condition tend to equalize themselves. September Sixth. All things are double, one against another. -Tit for tat; an eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth; blood for blood; measure for measure; love for love.-Give and it shall be given you. September Seventh. You cannot do wrong without suffering wrong. September Eighth. The borrower runs in his own debt. September Ninth. The wise man throws himself on the side of his assailants. It is more his interest than it is theirs to find his weak point. September Tenth. Man's life is a progress and not a station. September Eleventh. It is natural and beautiful that childhood should inquire, and maturity teach; but it is time enough to answer questions when they are asked. September Twelfth. The simplicity of the universe is very different from the simplicity of a machine. September Thirteenth. A little consideration of what takes place around us every day would show us that a higher law than that of our will regulates events. September Fourteenth. A man is a method, a progressive arrangement; a selecting principle, gathering his like to him, wherever he goes. September Fifteenth. It is vain to attempt to keep a secret from one who has a right to know it. It will tell itself. |