Grains of Gold.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 330, 2 January 1889, Page 4

Grains of Gold.

Turin: is no dispute managed -without pa&sion, and yeo there is scarce a dispute worth a passion. — Sherlock. If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest. — Franklin. Whatever difference there may appear to j be in men's fortunes, thore is still a certain I compensation of good and ill in all, that makes them equal. — Ckanon. Those who place their hope in another world have in a great measure conquered the dread of death and unreasonable love of life. The fortitude of a Christian consists in patience, not in enterprises which the poets call heroic, and which are commonly the effects ot interest, pride and worldly honour. Euvy's memory is nothing but a row of hooks to hang «ip grudges on. Some poople's sensibility is a mere bundle of aversions, and you hear them display and parade it, not in recounting the things they are attached to, bub in telling you how many thingsand persons they cannot bear. — John FoUcr. Such is the encouragement given to flattery, in the piesent time, that it is made to sit in the parlour while honesty is turned out of doors. Flattery is never so agreeable us to our blind side ; commend a fool for his wit or a knave for his honesty, and they will receive you into their bosom. — Fielding. A life of virtue is a life of health. Selfdenial leads to self- development on higher planes. Patient battling against lower lusts ends in assured victory. To one man, and to one only, is life worth living, and that man is he who resolves on nothing less than perfection of the body, mind, and soul. The* silent pressure of the hand is often of more vital good than a whole volume of good counsel ; and one tear, one kiss, one bright, encouraging smile can help the [ broken heart, the linking spirit, where words of advice would fall unheeded, or be an aggravation to present pain. Regrets never follow virtuous actions No one is sorrowful because, in looking back on his past lifo, he sees that it has been solf-denying and full of labour for others. If he does grieve at the retrospect, it is because his efforts have been so imperfect and because he has done far loss than it was his duty to do.