THE Books. Lord Greville. man who only relates what he has heard or read, or talks of sensible men and sensible Books in general terms, or of celebrated passages in celebrated Authors, may talk about sense; but he alone, who speaks the sentiments that arise from the force of his own mind employed upon the subjects before him, can talk sense. Books. — Longfellow. MANY readers judge of the power of a Book by the shock it gives their feelings—as some savage tribes determine the power of muskets by their recoil; that being considered best which fairly prostrates the purchaser. Borrowing. Shakspeare. NEITHER a Borrower, nor a Lender be: IN the Bottle discontent seeks for comfort, cowardice for courage, and bashfulness for confidence. That shakes the rotten carcase of old Death Out of his rags! Here's a large Mouth, indeed, That spits forth Death, and Mountains, Rocks and Seas; As Maids of thirteen do of Puppy-Dogs! What Cannoneer begot this lusty Blood? He speaks plain Cannon, Fire, and Smoke, and Bounce; Our ears are cudgel'd. Brilliancy. Longfellow. WITH many readers Brilliancy of style passes for affluence of thought; they mistake buttercups in the grass for immensurable gold mines under the ground. NEVER build after you are five-and-forty; have five years income in hand before you lay a Brick, and always calculate the expense at double the estimate. Business. — Saville. A MAN who cannot mind his own Business, is not to be trusted with the King's. Business. - Steele. TO men addicted to delights, Business is an interruption; to such as are cold to delights, Business is an entertainment. For which reason it was said to one who commended a dull man for his Application, "No thanks to him; if he had no Business, he would have nothing to do." Business. Shakspeare. To Business that we love, we rise betime, Business. — Swift. MEN of great parts are often unfortunate in the management of public Business, because they are apt to go out of the common road by the quickness of their imagination. Buping.-Franklin. BUY what thou hast no need of, and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessaries. Calling. Shakspeare. VIRTUE'S office never breaks men's troth. Calm. — Moore. HOW calm, how beautiful comes on The stilly Hour, when Storms are gone; Calm. — Moore. Calumny. Shakspeare. BE thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape Calumny. Candour. Shakspeare. I HOLD it cowardice, To rest mistrustful where a noble Heart Hath pawn'd an open Hand in sign of Love. LEARN three-mile Pray'rs, an' half-mile Graces, Cant.Shakspeare. 'Tis too much proved, that, with Devotion's Visage, The Devil himself. Captiousness.- Chesterfield. A VULGAR Man is captious and jealous; eager and impetuous about trifles. He suspects himself to be slighted, and thinks every thing that is said meant at him. Care. Shakspeare. CARE keeps his Watch in every old Man's eye, RUDE was his garment, and to rags all rent, Those be unquiet thoughts that careful Minds invade. POLISH'D Perturbation! golden Care! That keep'st the ports of Slumber open wide To many a watchful night!—he sleeps with 't now, E Care. - Burns. BUT human bodies are sic fools, CARE is no cure, but rather corrosive, GIVES not the hawthorn bush a sweeter shade To Kings, that fear their subjects' treachery? His cold thin drink out of his leather bottle, Is far beyond a Prince's delicates, His viande sparkling in a golden cup, His body couched in a curious bed, When Care, Mistrust, and Treason, wait on him. Shakspeare. HE that of greatest works is Finisher Oft does them by the weakest minister: So Holy Writ in babes hath judgment shown, When judges have been babes. Great floods have flown From simple sources; and great seas have dried, When miracles have by the greatest been denied. Caution.-Publius Syrius. It is a good thing to learn Caution by the misfortunes of others. Caution. Shakspeare. And with a Care, exempt themselves from fear: Celestial Objects.- Cicero. I PERCEIVE you contemplate the seat and habitation of men; which, if it appears as little to you as it really is, fix you eyes perpetually upon heavenly Objects, and despise earthly. Censure. Pope. WE ought in humanity no more to despise a man for the misfortunes of the mind than for those of the body, when they are such as he cannot help. Censure. La Rochefoucauld. FEW persons have sufficient wisdom to prefer Censure which is useful to them, to Praise which deceives them. Censure. Young. HORACE appears in good humour while he censures, and therefore his Censure has the more weight, as supposed to proceed from Judgment, not from Passion. Was devised at first to set a gloss On faint deeds, hollow welcomes, But where there is true friendship, there needs none. FORMS and Regularity of Proceeding, if they are not justice, partake much of the nature of justice, which, in its highest sense, is the spirit of distributive Order. Ceremony. Selden. CEREMONY keeps up things; 'tis like a penny glass to a rich spirit, or some excellent water; without it the water were spilt, and the spirit lost. Ceremony. Steele. AS Ceremony is the invention of wise men to keep fools at a distance, so Good-breeding is an expedient to make fools and wise. men equals. HARD condition, and twin-born with greatness, No more can feel but his own wringing. |