MAXIMS AND MORALISINGS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 221, 23 October 1909, Page 4

MAXIMS AND MORALISINGS.

i An Englishman-fears contempt more than death.—tioldsmith. • Shy away from those tilings that end ,'u an ism. From scepticism to rheumatism they've an ache or a pain in every ;oint.—(i. 11. Lorrimore. And because right is right, to folio >v right Here wisdom in fhe scorn of consequence.—Tennyson. Great nations write their autobiogra- ! phies in three manuscripts—the book of I their deeds, the hook of their words, and the hook of their art.—Euskiu. Imagination cannot conceive a viler (riminal than he who should build an- : other London like the present one; nor a greater benefactor tlian he who should destroy it. —G. B. Shaw. A sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant u6e.— Anonymous. ; He who is capable of being a bitter ; enemy can never possess the necessary virtues that constitute a true friend.— ; Eitzosborne. ; Woman's true power is in her tact and i wit, that are hers by nature, and con- ! stitutc the secret of her art of managing men.—Rousseau. i If you innocently stand on my toes, | you may auk me not to be angry; but i you gain no right to continue to stand j on them.—Henry George. j Evasions are the common shelter of I the hard-hearted, the false, the imjio- ! tent, when called upon to assist; the | leal great plan instantaneous help, even j when their looks or words presago diffi- ! culties.—Lavater.