Gems of Thought.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 2003, 9 May 1885, Page 2 (Supplement)

Gems of Thought.

Nuxtuii ability without education has oftener raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability. — Cicero. There should be, methinks, as little merit in loving a woman for her beauty as in loving a man for hia prosperity, bcth being equally subject to change.— Pope. Choose always the way that seems best, however rough it may be. Custom will render it easy and agreeable.— Pythagoras. A rich dresa is not worth a straw to one who has a poor miijd. — Az Zubaidi. A boy will learn more irue wisdom in a public school in a year, than by a private education in five.— Goldsmith. He who does not lovo flowers has losi all fear and love of God.— Ludwig Tieck.^ Men of genius are often dull and inert in society; as the blazing meteor, when it desscends to earth, ia only % Btono. — Longfellow. There is thia difference between happiness and wisdom, that he that thinks himself the happiest man really is so ; but he that thinlis himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.— Colton. Nothing is so good for an ignorant man as silence ; and if he was sensible of this he would pot be ignorant. — Saadi. Without joy we are a member out of joint. We can do nothing well without joy and a good conscience, which is the ground of joy.— Sibbos. Keep thy temper, keep thy purse, and keep thy tongue, if thou wouldet be healthy, wealthy, and wise.— P. M. Andrews. Wealth legitimately acquired is valuable, and it is only valuablo when thus acquired.— J. G. Holland. Tho best rules to form a young man are : To talk little, to hear much, to reflect upon what has passed in company, todistru9t one's own opinions and value otherß* that deserve it.— Sir W. Temple. Time will bring to light whatever is hidden, it will conceal and cover up what is now shining with the greatest Bplendour. — Horace. A knowledge of general literature is one of the evidences of an enlightened mind-; and to give an apt cjuotation at a fitting time proves that tho mind is stored with sentimental lore that can always be used to great advantage by its poEsesaor. — James Ellis.