Good Thoughts.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1216, 28 October 1882, Page 2 (Supplement)

Good Thoughts.

Hearts agree j minds dispute, The greatest wcalth.is cont'entnpS with 8 little, / * The unexpected is one of the souroes of genius, ' He who despises woman despiiies bis mother.', . ' ' ■ ' . . Science of society consists in respecting its futilities. " ' i' , Be silent and safe ; silence nevor oetrays you,-rJohn Boyle O'Reilly _, Much of the charity that begins at homo is too feeble to get out of doors," .• ,• . i , An .evil-speaker differa from an evil-doer | only in the wantofopportunity,—Quiii tillian. He who obeys with modesty, f.ppear# worthy of some day or other being allowed to command.—Cicero, • Never let yourzeal outrun your ctarityj the former is but human, the latter is divine, -Hosea Ballon Instruction does not prevent waste of time or mistake; and mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all.—Emersm. •: If a man's fortune does not fit hin it. is like the shoe.in the Btory j if too large it tips him up, if too small it pinches him,—Horace, . I believe that we cannot, live better than in seeking to become better, no more agreeably than having a clear conscience.— Socrates, .. ~ Every school boy and school girl wlo has arrived at the age of reflection ought to know something about the history of the. art of printing.—Mann. The dear children are at dinner when a plate of cherries is, brought in. The elder promptly helps himself to three-quarters of •the fruit. " You might leave some for some, body else!" remarks the junior. "Oh, don't be so greedy!" replied the senior. . A remark made by a little girl of this oity before retiring at night is worth, publishing, and is as follows: " Bessie, why don'-i you say your prayors ?" "Oh dear, mamma, if the Lord is as tired of hearing me as I am of saying them, I don't beliuve he. will ever wish to have me say them again as long as I live."