GEMS OF THOUGHT.

Mataura Ensign, Volume 7, Issue 365, 13 June 1884, Page 6

GEMS OF THOUGHT.

The strength and safety of a community , consists in the virtue and intelligence of its youth, especially of its young men.— fHawea. There are many who despise half the world ; but if there be any who despise the whole of it,iti3 because the other half despisei, theta. — [Colton. Who is wise Ihe that learns from every- ' one. Who is powerful 1 he that governs his ; passions. Who is rich 1 he that is content.—., [Miscellanies. > , ■, . We ought not to judge of mens* merits by their qualifications, but by the use they make of them, — [Charron. '< ' ■'■ ' r Be not ashamed of thy virtues ; honor's ; a g«od brooch to wear in a man's hat at all times. — [Ben Jonson. Take away from mankind their vanity and ' their ambition, and there would be but few ' claiming to be heroes or patriots.— [Seneca. . The strongest passions allow us some rest, but vanity keeps us perpetually in motion. What a dust do I raise I says the fiy upon a coach wheel. And what a rate do I drive f says the fly upon the horse's back.— [Swift. . Perfect valor consists in doing without witnesses all we should be capable of doing before the world. — [Kochefoucault. " Improve your opportunities" said Bona- ' parte to a school of young men ; " every ; hour lost now, is a chance of future mis- , fortune." Good temper is like a sunny day ; it iheds its brightness everywhere. — [Sir P. Sidney. Tt is a secret known to but few, yet of no small use in the conduct of life, that when you fall into a man's conversation, the first you should consider is. whether he has a greater inclination to hear yon,- or that you ! should hear him. — [Steele. , We are all inventors,, each wiling out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by * private chart, of which there is no duplicate'. 1 The worldMs all gates, all oppdrttrajtt&s' etrings;of tension, waiting to be stiu(fe # 4r' r Emerson,