Worde of Wisdom.

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

Worde of Wisdom.

The more able a man is, if ho makes ill-use of his abilities, the more dangerous will he be to the commonwealth. — Dvino^thcncs. Moral beauty ia the basis of all true beauty. This foundation is somewhat covered and veiled in nature ; art brings it out and gives it more transparent forms. It is here that art, when it knows well its powers and resources, engages in a struggle with nature in which it may have the advantage. — Y. Cousin. He that rightly understands the reasonable ness and excellency of charity, will know that it can never be excusable to waste any of our money in pride and folly. — W. Law. Custom will often blind one to the good, as well as to the evil effects of any long-estab-lished system.— E. Whatdy. It is not the dress that makes the monk ; many are dressed like monks, who are inwardly anything but monks ; and some wear Spanish caps who have but little of the valor of the Spaniard in them. — Rabelais. He is to bo educated, because he ia a man, and not because he is to make shoes, nails, and pins. — W.E. Ghanning.