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ADICTIONARY OF THOUGHTS

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FROM THE BEST AUTHORS OP THE WORLD, BOTH ANCIENTAND MODERN

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PREFACE.

E have Dictionaries of WORDS. Why nothave a Dictionary of THOUGHTS? Whynot a gathering of the condensed and

striking thoughts of the world's best

thinkers on important and interestingsubjects, arranged, as in verbal dictionaries, in alphabeti-cal order of topics, for ready reference and familiar use?

Of the brief and striking sayings of wise and good menTillotson says : "They are of great value, like the dust of

gold or the sparks of diamonds.'\ And Johnson counts4lhini a benefactor of mankind who condenses the great

thoughts and rules of life into short sentences that are

easily impressed on the memory and recur promptly tothe mind/' Such laconic thoughts Swift compares to

"burning glasses, as they collect the diffused rays of witand learning in authors, and make them point withwarmth and quickness on the reader's imagination/* Andof such thoughts it is that Coleridge says: "Let everybook-worm, when in any fragrant, scarce old tome hediscovers a sentence, a story, an illustration that does hisheart good, hasten to give it to others/'

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A collection of such thoughts was begun by the writermore than fifty years ago, as a matter of personal interestand for personal use and reference, with no thought of

publication. But their number and variety so increasedas to suggest the plan, many years ago, of a book whichmight l>e a treasury of thjs best and most strikingthoughts of the world's best authors*

it n;r.FA/* "tJivat

Thoughts from Greek Authors/' "Aphorisms **f tin*"World's Literattire/" "Living Thnjjlts ot" Living^thinkers/' "The Treasury of Thought/' "tlreat Truthsbj Great Authors/* "Thoughts and Apothegms/* "hay'sCollocon/* "Stars from the IWt* and Thiukt-ix' H(M\enof all Ages/* **Wit and Wisdom of linKviT/* "LitVThoughts/'

uCye!opedia *f Practical (_)untatius/* "I!iU

of Burnished Cold/' "Bt\^tiful Thtiunlits" "SeedGrain/* German, French, Spanish, and Italian eolUvtJon^and nuny other interesting and valuable works, inrlcltledness to which is freJ} and grateftilly aeknowle*ly

INDEX OF AUTHORS.

ABDALRAHMAN,ABD-KL-KADKR.ABBOTT. F. K.ABBOTT, JACOB.ABBOTT, J. H. 0.ABBOTT, LYMAN.ABKRNKTHY, JOHN.ABRANTKH, DUCHKHHK DM.A.CKKRB, KM'/ABKTH.ADAM, H. G, J.ADAM, THOMAH.ADAMH, H. G.ADAMH, JOHN.ADAMH, JOHN Q.ADAMS, M./VDAMBi JN oIIKMIAHtADDIHON, JOHKPH.ADRIAN.ADVKNTURKR,

IK, L. J. It.AOAPKT.AOATIION.AMCHILAUH.AIKKN, JOHN.AlKKN, LUCY,AlKMAN, WlMJAM.AKKNHIDK, MARK.AiX!Ti\ A. B.ALBKUT.Ar.DRicH, T. B,AljKMUKKT^ J. L, It. 1)K.A LKMBKUT, MA ttC II IONKHH

DK.ALKYN. (JHAHLKH,Ar/WXANDKR, AHOfttBATJ),AiiKXANDKR, JAMKB W.ALKXANDHR, MRH.ALKiwur, V,Al.KORD, AtKUfHTA.AI.KOUD, HKKRY.

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,AIU;HIBAI>D.

,JOSKPH.

AM.HTON, WABUINOTON.ALMMRON,ALKOY.AMBROHK.AMKH, FIHHKR,AMIKL, H. F.ANAOKARHIH,

ANDKHSON. J.ANDRK, FATIIANDRKWK, JOHN.

ANN OF AtTBTRIA.ANHKLM*.ANTHONY, BAIKT.ANTXGONUA.ANTIPATKH.ANTWTIUNEH.ANTONINIW, M.ARBlfTHNOT, JOHN.

AltXHTOTIiK.AKIKTOPHANKH.ARMHTRONO, JOHN.ARNTM, B. VON.ARNOLD* I,J ()HKPH.

AlUIHKY, I). II.ATKHIHTINK, SAINT.

,JANK.

AllHTIN, \VHABBI BKN.

^FATJIKR.

AttBONIUB, D. M.

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INDEX OF 1 AUTHORS.

BKOKWITH, W.BKDKLL, G. T.BRDPORD, EARL OF.BBKCIXRR, H. W,BKRCUHR, LYMAN,BEKTHOVKN, L. V.BELLAMY, EI>WAI>.BELLAMY, JOHKHI,BKLLKRH, JOHN.BKLLOWH, H. W.BKNJAMIN, PARK.BKNNKTT, G. T.BKNSKRADR, IHAAC.BRNTHAM, JRUKMY.BRNTHAM, THOMAS.BRNTLKY, KICHAIU).BBRKKLKY, Bi*. GKORKK.BERNARD, SAINT.BRRNKUH, J. B.BRRXI, PRANCKBOO.BKRKIDOK, JOHN.BRRRUXIK. W.BRRHIKK, J.BRTTINI, AXTOINK.BIAH.BlCKKHHTAKK, IAAC.BlUKLOW, Jt>HN.BlNOHAM, HntAH*

BINNKY, THOKAH.BION.

,K. O.

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Bill W.

LADY.BIX>XTNT, T, B.

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BOARDMAN, G. J),BOKRIUVK, JlKHMAX.BoiLKAtr, NicroijAH,BOWTK, P. CJ. B.BOLINOIIHOKK, LORD.BOLTON, IlOBKRT.

L. G. A,JoKPIC,

BONAVKNTUKA,BONNKLI,, JAMKB.BONHTKTTKN, (?. V.BoSttCRT, J, B. UK.BOSTON, TKOMAK.BotTCHAIll), P.

BOVBE, 0. N.JOHN.

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INDEX OF AUTHORS.

CHAMRKRB, T. \V.CHAMPORT, S. H. N.OIANNINO, T, W.CHANNING, "W. K,CiiAi'iN, K. H.

(.'HXPUN, JKRKMIAH.CHAPMAN, GKOIWH.ClIARLKH V.OHAUNOCK, STKPHKN.ClIARRON, R. !>K.CHASI.HS, V. K" I*.OHATKAVnUlANl), K. A,C'HATKIKLI), I *At U*.(CHATHAM, LORI).OlIKKVKK, (3. B.(iHKRlWLIKZ, VlC'TOR.(JlIKHTHRPIKLl), LOUD,CHILD, Miw. L, M.('iiiiiUNGwoRTii, WM.CHILO,CllOATK, RlTFtTH.( iii UIBTLI KB, THKODOUK.ClWlHTlANA, GlTMBN.(JlIKYHOHTOM, HA1NT.('inrucinu^ CHAHLKH.(JlBBKK, (!()LLKY,ClOHKO, M. T.(U.AHIANDON, IX)HI).CLAKK, ALKXANORII.C/LAUKM, ADAM,O^AItKK, JAMMH F.OLARKK, MACDONALD.

(ILAY, HKNKY.(LMAN'THKB.

OrKVKLANl>,WAlU>ELDON, JOHN S.ELIOT, GKOUCIK,ELIOT, JOHN.EUBABKTU,ELLIOT, KnKNKELLW, HAUAH S,

,AUOLPH.

F \lUir II AH (iKOWOK,FVUKAII, F. W.FAl'i'HKT, {Y\nK.FKK, MADAM.FKLTHAM, OWKN,FKLTON. C. N t U F,, J.rxMifN, W. M.I'HM'* H, HrsiKvx, MUUMK i f;.

K,uria, I,U \LKtUH, SiU W,KAMItLMt, TlIK,UA.MHAY, A, M.

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!Ui*tN.ItAi'Nri, AlUiK IRAY, *t, T,U.

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FUKDKUU'K.SAVAGE,. M, J.SAY Am-;, RICHARD.SAVARIX, BRILLAT.SYVILK, SIR II.BAVIM.K, .1. F,SCARUILL, W. P.SCHKKKU, LKOPOLD.SHEW, PHILIP.ScHKLLIN.

HlDNKY,

tii, SIR JOHN.SlHMONDI, J. (I H,SKKLTON, PHILU*.SMAKT, (IHHIHTOPUKR.SMILKH, BAMUKL.SMITH, ADAM.SMITH, AutKitT.SMITH. AI^KXANDIKH.SMITH,

INDKX OK ATTIIOHS,

TKNNKNT, KTKNNYHON, AI*FUKI>.TKUENOK.THACKKKAY, W. M.

THATOHKU, U* R.THAYKK, \V, M.

THKOPHKAHWH.THKOI'UITiK.THOUU'K. P. A. (THOMAS, DA VIP.

THOMPSON. ('. UTHOMPSON, .1. I*,THOMSON, Bmiiop,THOMSON, JAMKK.THOKKAU. HUNKY.THOUNTON. \V, L.THOU, F. A, UK.

M*, KHTIIKH L.

V A I,KNTINK.Vu.i-'.uv.VAN IJnt 01?. JOHN.VAN HIM*. II. .1.VAWNH vN H.VAKUO ,M UUT* T,VACOHAN. HKNHY.V \rVKX AKMI.H, L. O.V,\r\. W, 8. W.Vfr:NMNii, H\UH.VKHK, SIH A, in;.

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SUPPLEMENTARY LIST.

T, GlIANCRLLOU,AUNAW), M, A.

ft, P. T.BlNUIUM, 0.'Bl.AlU, KOHKUT.JiUKTONNH, N. E.HllOTUKKTON, J,

N, CLAUDIUS.

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SCIOTRNKB.SEWR, J, A.SMITH. J. E.

SMITH, M. B.SPAMS, JAHBD.SWEKTMAN.

TEAL, J. W.THOMPSON, R, KTHORNTON, B.

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ABSTINENCE. ACCIDENT.

image of those we love : we cannot realizethe intervening changes which time mayhave effected. Goldsmith.The absent are never without fault, nor

the present without excuse* Franklin.

The joy of meeting pays the pangs ofbearr it?JSw06.absence; else who

As the presence of those we love is as adouble life, so absence, in its anxious long-ing and sense of vacancy, is as a foretasteof death. Mrs. Jameson.

ABSTINENCE.-(See "TEMPEBANOE.")The whole duty of man is embraced in

the two principles of abstinence and pa-tience : temperance in prosperity, andpatient courage in adversity. Seneca.

Always rise from the table with an ap-petite, and you will never sit down with-out one. Perm.

Against diseases the strongest fence is thedefensive virtue, abstinence. JHferrw?&

Refrain to-night, and that shall lend ahand of easiness to the next abstinence;the next more easy; for use can almostchange the stamp of nature, and either curbthe devil, or throw him out with wondrouspotency. Shakespeare.The stomach begs and clamors, and listens

to no precepts. And yet it is not an ob-durate creditor ; for it is dismissed withsmall nwjfment if you only give it what yonowe^rnd not as much as you can. Seneca.Htf thou wouldst make the best advantageof the muses, either by reading to benefitthyself, or by writing to benefit others,keep a peaceful soul in a temperate body.A full belly makes a dull brain, and a tur-bulent spirit a distracted judgment. Themuses starve in a cook's shop and a lawyer'sstudy. Quarles.To set the mind above the appetites is the

end of abstinence, which if not a virtue, isthe groundwork of a virtue. Johnson.

It is continued temperance which sus-tains the body for the longest period oftime, and which most surely preserves itfree from sickness. W* HumboldL

ABSURDITIES.-There is nothing soabsurd or ridiculous that has not at sometime been said by some philosopher. Pon-tenelle says he would undertake to persuadethe whole republic of readers to believe thatthe sim was neither the cause of light orheat, if he could only get six philosopherson his tite. Goldsmith.To pardon those absurdities in ourselves

which we condemn in others, is neitherbetter nor worse than to be more willing to

be fools ourselves than to have, othcrn o.Pope.

ABUSEiAbuHe in ofton of nervtoe,Thoro in nothing HO dangcrou** to an authoraH Hile.nce. His name, like the Bhuttlccork,must bo boat backward and forward, or itfallrt to the ground. /o/i niton.

It ia tho wit and policy of Hiu to hatothose wo have abutted. Jtownaut,,

I nover yet heard man or woman mnrhabused that I was not inclined to think thttbettor of them, and to tranrfur th HUH-picion or dinlike, to tin* om who foundpleasure in pointing out the do ft.-fta of an-other. Jaw, JPorttr.Abiwo ofany one generally how tliat ho

lias marked traita of character* The Htupidand indifferent are, pattofctl by in Bilence, -Tryon JSdwanls.It is nofc ho who giv^s ahue that affront f

but the view that wo take* of it an inKulting;go that whon one provokeH you it in yourown opinion, which in provoking, &)*&-tttus.

When ccrtahi peracmfl abnw UH let tin aukwhat kind of characters it i they admire.Wo ohall often find thin a mut condolatoryquestion. Cotton.

Abuso me a& much an yon will ; it in oftena benefit rather than an injury, tint forheaven's sake don't make mo ridiculmiH.JR JVott.The difference between coanw and re-

fined abtxso in tho diffuronce Ix'twt'c^tIwiiii^

bniisod by a club and woundud by a poi*fioncd ari'ow. Jvhnmn,

Oato, boing ncurri)ottly tr^Kt

ACCURACY. ACTION".

laboriously together, the wind of accidentsometimes collects in a moment. Schiller.What men call accident is the doing of

God's providence. Bailey.

ACCURACY. Accuracy is the twinbrother of honesty : inaccuracy, of dis-honesty. 0. Simmons.Accuracy of statement is one of the first

elements of truth; inaccuracy is a near kinto falsehood. Tryon Edwards.

ACQUAINTANCE.-Ifamandoesnotmake new acquaintances as he advancesthrough life, ho will soon find himself leftalone ; one should keep his friendships inconstant repair. Johnson.

It is good discretion not to make toomuch of any man at the first; because onecannot hold out that proportion. Bacon,

It is expedient to have acquaintance withthose who have looked into the world, whoknow men, understand business, ana cangive you good intelligence and good advicewhen they are wanted. Bp. Borne.

I love the acquaintance of young people;because, in the first place. I don't like tothink myself growing old. In the nextplace, young acquaintances must lastlongest, if they do last; and then youngmen have more virtue than old men; theyhave more generous sentiments in everyrespec b. Johnson.Three days of uninterrupted company in

a vehicle will make you better acquaintedwith another, than one hour's conversa-tion with him every day for three years.Lanater.

Never say you know a man till you havedivided an inheritance with him. Lauater.

If a man is worth knowing at allz

he isworth knowing well, Alexander Smith.

ACQUIREMENT. That which we ac-quire with most difficulty we retain thelongest; as those who have earned a for-tune are commonly more careful of itthan those by whom it may have been in-herited. Cotton.

Every noble acquisition is attended withIts rislw : he who fears to encounter theone must not expect to obtain the other.Afetastasio.

An unjust acquisition is like a barbedarrow, which must bo drawn backward withhorrible anguish, or else will bo your de-Struction. Jw&my Taylor.ACTION. Heaven never helps the man

who will not act. tfophoctes.Action may not always bring happiness;

but there is no happiness without action.Disraeli.

Bemember you have not a sinew whoselaw of strength is not action; not a facultyof body, mind, or soul, whose Inwof im-provement is not energy. JS. B. Hall.Our grand business is not to see what

lies dimly at a distance, but to do what liesclearly at hand. Carlyle.Only actions give to life its strength,

as only moderation gives it its charm.Mchter.

Every noble activity makes room foritself. Emerson.Mark this well, ye proud men of action !

ye are, after all, nothing but unconsciousinstruments of the men of thought. Heine.The actions of men are like the index of

a book; they point out what is most re-markable in themHappiness is in action, and every power

is intended for action; human happiness,therefore, can only be complete as all thepowers have their full and legitimate play.Thomas.Great actions, the lustre of which dazzles

us, are represented by politicians as theeffects of deep design; whereas they arecommonly the effects of caprice and pas-sion. Thus the war between Augustus andAntony, supposed to be owing to their am-bition to give a master to the world, aroseprobably from jealousy. Rochefoucauld.A right act strikes a chord that extends

through the whole universe, touches allmoral intelligence, visits every world, vi-brates along its whole extent, and conveysits vibrations to the very bosom of God IT. Binney.Good thoughts, though God accept them,

yet toward mon are little better than gooddreams except they be put in action.Bacon.

Doing is the groat thing. For if, reso-lutely, people dp what is right, in time theycome to like doing ii.Iiuskin.

Activity is God's medicine ; the highestgenius is willingness and ability to do hardwork. Any other conception of geniusmakes it a doubtful, if not a dangerous pos-

. JR. 8. MacArthur.That action is not warrantable which

either fears to ask the divine bleawiTig on its

performance, or having succeeded, does notcome with thanksgiving to God for its sue-

A holy act strengthens the inward boli-iipris It is a seed of life growing into morelife. F. W. Robertson.

ACTION, ACTION,

If you have no friends to share or rejoicein your success in life if you cannot lookback to those to whom you owe gratitude,or forward to those to whom you ought toafford protection, still it is no less incum-bent on you to move steadily in the path ofduty: for your active exertions are duo notonly to society, but in humble gratitude tothe Being who made you a member of it,with powers to serve yourself and others.Walter Scott.The actions of men are the best inter-

preters of their thoughts. Locke.

Act well at the moment, and you haveperformed a good action for all eternity,Zavater.

In activity we must find our joy as wellas glory; and labor, like everything elsethat is good, is its own reward. JB. P.

To do an evil act is base. To do a goodone without incurring danger, is commonenough. But it is the part of a good manto do great and noble deeds though he riskseverything in doing them. Plutarch.

All our actions take their hue from thecomplexion of the heart, as landscapes dotheir variety from light. W. T. jBaconu

Life was not given for indolent contem-plation and study of self, nor for broodingover emotions of piety: actions and actionsonly determine the worth. Fichte.A good action is never lost; it is a treas-

ure laid up and guarded for the door'sneed. Cauieron.

Deliberate with caution, but act with de-cision; find yield with graciousness, oroppose with firmness. Oolton.Existence was given us for action. Our

worth is determined by the good deeds wedo, rather than by the fine emotions wefeel JE. L. Magoon.

I have never heard anything about theresolutions of the apostles, but a great dealabout their acts. J3". Mann.Think that day lost whose slow descending

BUB. views from thy hand no noble actiondone. J*. Bobart.The more we do, the more we can do; the

more busy we are the more leisure wehave. HozZifl.To will and not to do when there is op-

portunity, is in reality not to will; and tolove what is good and not to do it, when itis possible, is in reality not to love it.Swefariborg.Life though a short, is a working day.

Activity may lead to evil ; but inactivitycannofbe led to good. ffwwah More,

UnsolfiHh and noblo actions an* the mostradiant pagtw in tho biography of Houla.Thomas,It is vain to expect any advantage from

our profession of tho truth if wo be, notsincerely jutft and honest in our aetiona.Sharpe.Wo should not be so taken up in tho Kearch

for truth, as to neglect th needful dutiesof active life ; for it is only action that give*a true value and commendation U> virtue.Cicero.

Be great in act, as you have boon inthought. Suit tho action to the word, andthe word to the action, tfhakwtpeare,We must be doing something to bo

happy. Action in noless necessary to usthan thought, Hazlitt.Active natures are raroly melancholy.Activity and sadness arc incompatible.

JBouee.

In all exigencies or miseries, lamentationbecomes fools, and action wise folk,- *HirP. Sidney.Nothing, says Goethe, is so terrible an

activity without insight. Look bofont youleap io a maxim for the world. & /*,WMpple.Actions are ours; their conaoqxicncoa be-

long to heaven. Sir P. JPVancto.The flighty purpose never in overtook un-

less the aeed ;jo with it.The end of man is action, and not

thought, though it be of the noblcHt.CarlyfaThe fire-fly only shinos when on tho wing;

so it is with the mind; whim wo rest wodarken. JBailey.Thought and theory must precede all

salutary action ; yet action in nobler in ittwlfthan either thought or theory.- Word*-worth,.

Whatmanknows should find expression inwhat he does. The chief value of twpuriorknowledge is that it leads to a performingmanhood. Bowe.

Life, in all ranks and situation*, iff anoutward occupation, an actual and activework. W.Every action of our lives touches on some

chord that will vibrate in eternity* OR /Qhapin.Nothing ever happens but once in thii

world. What I do now I do

ACTOBS. ADMIRATION.

Action is eloquence; the eyes of the igno-rant are more learned than their ears.Shakespeare.The acts of this life are the destiny of the

next, Eastern Proverb.

ACTORS. ^The profession of the player,like that of the painter, is one of the imita-tive arts, whose means are pleasure, andwhose end should be virtue. Shenstone.

Actors are the only honest hypocrites.Their life is a voluntary dream; and theheight of their ambition is to be besidethemselves. They wear the livery of othermen's fortunes: their very thoughts are nottheir own. Hdzlitt.

All the world's a stage, and all the menand women in it merely players. They havetheir exits and their entrances; and one manin his time plays many parts. Shakespeare.An actor should take lessons from the

painter and the sculptor. Not only shouldhe make attitude his study, but he shouldhighly develop his mind by an assiduousstudy of the best writers, ancient andmodern, which will enable him not only tounderstand his parts, but to communicatea nobler coloring to his manners and mien.Goethe.

It is with some violence to the imagina-tion that we conceive of an actor belongingto the relations of private life, so closelydo we identify these persons in our mindwith the characters they assume upon thestage. JLamo.

A young girl must not be taken to thetheatre, let us say it once for all. It is notonly the drama which is immoral, but theplace. Alex. Dumas.The most difficult character in comedy is

that of the fool, and he must be no simpletonthat plays that part. Cervantes.

ADDRESSi Brahma once asked ofForce,

" Who is stronger than thou ? " Shereplied,

" Address."Victor Hugo.Address makes opportunities; the want

of it gives them. Bovee.Give a boy address and accomplishments

and you give him the mastery of palacesand fortunes where he goes. He has notthe trouble of earning to own them: theysolicit him to enter and possess. Emerson.The tear that is wiped with a little address

may be followed, perhaps, by a smile.Oowper.A man who knows the world will not

only make the most of everything he doesknow, but of many things he does not know;and will gain more credit by his adroit mode

of hiding his ignorance, than the pedant byhis awkward attempt to exhibit his eru-dition. Cotton.

There is a certain artificial polish andaddress acquired by mingling in the beaumonde, which, in the commerce of the world,supplies the place of natural suavity andgood humor; but it is too often purchasedat the expense of all original and sterlingtraits of character. Washington Irving.

ADMIRATION. Admiration is thedaughter of ignorance. Franklin.Admiration is a very short-lived passion

that decays on growing familiar with itsobject unless it be still fed with freshdiscoveries and kept alive by perpetual mir-acles rising up to its vievr.Addison.Those who are formed to win general ad-

miration are seldom calculated to bestowindividual happiness. Lady Slessington.Few men are admired by their servants.

Montaigne.We always like those who admire us, but

we do not always like those whom we ad-mire. Rochefoucauld.To cultivate sympathy you must be

among living beings and thinking aboutthem; to cultivate admiration, amongbeautiful things and looking at them.Ruskin.Admiration must be kept up by the

novelty that at first produced it; and howmuch soever is given, there must alwaysbe the impression that more remains.Johnson.No nobler feeling than this, of admiration

for one higher than himself, dwells in thebreast of man. It is to this hour, and atall hours, the vivifying influence in man'sHfe.C'arZyfe.

It is a good thing to believe; it is a goodthing to admire. By continually lookingupwards, our minds will themselves growupwards; as a man, by indulging in habitsof scorn and contempt for others, is sure todescend to the level of those he despises.

It is better in some respects to be ad-mired by those with whom you live, than tobe loved by them. And this is not OKaccount of any gratification of vanity, butbecause admiration is so much more toler-ant than love.J.. Helps.There is a pleasure in admiration ; and

this it is which properly causeth admiration,when we discover a great deal in an objectwhich we understand to be excellent; andyet we see more beyond that, which ourunderstandings cannot fully reaoh and com-prehend. Tutotson,

ADVERSITY. ADVERSITY.

There is a wide difference between ad-miration and love. The sublime, which IBthe cause of the former, always dwells on

great objects and terrible; the latter onsmall ones and pleasing; we submit to whatwe admire, but wo love what submits to us:in one case we are forced, in the other weare flattered, into compliance. Bwlce.

ADVERSITY. (See "AFFLICTION.")Adversity is the trial of principle. With-

out it a man hardly knows whether he ishonest or not. Fielding,Adversity is the first path to truth,

Byron.No man is more unhappy than tho one

who is never in adversity; the greatestaffliction of life is never to be afflicted.Anon.

Adversity is like the period of the formerand of the latter rain, -cold, comfortless,unfriendly to man and to animal; yet fromthat season have their birth the ilowor andthe fruit, the date, the rose, and the pome-granate. Walter Scott.

Adversity has ever been considered thestate in which a man most easily becomesacquainted with himself, then, especially,being free from flatterers. Johnson.

Prosperity is no just scale ; adversity is theonly balance to weigh friends. Plutarch.Who hath not known ill fortune, never

knew himself, or his own virtue. Mallet.Stars may be seen from the bottom of a

deep well, when they cannot be discernedfrom the top of a mountain. So are manythings learned in adversity which the pros-perous man dreams not of. Spurgeon,

Adversity is the diamond dust Heavenpolishes its jewels with. Leighton.

I never met with a single instance of ad-versity which I have not in the end seenwas for my good. I have never heard of aChristian on his death bod complaining ofhis afflictions. .4. Prowd/M.We ought as much to pray for a blessing

upon our daily rod as upon our dailybread. John Owen.Heaven often smites in mercy, even when

the blow is severest. Joanna Baillte.Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents

which in prosperous circumstances wouldhave lain dormant. Horace.

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity isa greater. Possession pampers the mind;privation trains and strengthens it. ffaz-W.The flower that follows the sun does so

even in cloudy days. Leighton.

Tho good things of prosperity are to beiHhcd; but iho good things that belong to

advcnuty are to be admired. *SVmt,

Adversity, twgo useful guoht* HI vcro in-structor, but tho best; it in from theo lonowo know justly to value thingri below.

Prosperity han tliin property: It puffn upnarrow HOU!K, makcH them imagine thom-nclvcK high and mighty, and leadu them tolook down upon tho world with contempt:but a truly noble, npirit appears* grcatent indiKtreHtt; and then becomon more bright andconspicuous. Plutarch.In tho aih'urHity of our bent friend wo

often find Homcthing that down not diHplcaeUH. Rwfafouca ultl.

Prosperity in too apt to prevent UH fromexamining our conduct; but adversity IcadrtUH to think properly of our Btato, and HO imost beneficial to UH.-~

Sweot are the UHC of adverwityt which,liko a toad, though ugly and vcnomoUH,wears yet a procioun jewel in itn head.-

Tho truly great and gotul, in affliction,bear a countenance more* princely than theyarc wont; for it i tho temper of "the highesthearts, liko tho palm-tree, to ntrtve uiontupwards when it la most burdened. *S7r /*.Sidney.In thia wild world, tho foudent and the

bent are tho most tried, uiotit troubled, anddistrest. Orabbe.

Prosperity in tho bkmiiiug t>f the OldTcHtanieut

; adversity of tho New, whichcarrioth the greater bt^nediction and thoclearer revelation of God's favor. Prcwpprity is not without many foarH atulaistanteH; adversity not without many com-forts and hopes. J^a^on.

TTlio sharpest sting of adversity it IKHTOWHfrom our own impatience. #p. Jfornc.The brightest crowns that are worn in

heaven have been tried, and ttmclted, andpolished, and glorified through the furnaceof tribulation. & //. Chapin.Ho that can heroically endure advornity

will bear prosperity with equal greatWHH ofsoul; for the mind that cannot be dejectedby tho former is not likely to be tranBportetlwith the latter. XWing.Ho that has no cross will have no crown*

Quarles.Adversity is* a severe instructor, ot am

us by one who knows us better than wo 4oourselves, as he loves ITS better too. Hethat wrestles with us strengthens our nerveBand sharpens our skill. Our antagonist ia

ADVERSITY. ADVICE.

our helper. This conflict with difficultymakes us acquainted with our object, andcompels us to consider it in all its relations.It will not suffer us to be superficial.Burke.Genuine morality is preserved only in the

school of adversity: a state of continuousprosperity may easily prove a quicksand tovirtue. Schiller.

Those who have suffered much are likethose who know many languages; they havelearned to understand and be understoodby all. Mad. Swetchine.Though losses and crosses be lessons

right severe, there's wit there ye'll get there,ye'll find no other where. Burns.A smooth sea never made a skilful mari-

ner, neither do uninterrupted prosperityand success qualify for usefulness and hap-piness. The storms of adversity, like thoseof the ocean, rouse the faculties, and excitethe invention, prudence, aLill, and fortitudeof the voyager. The martyrs of ancienttimes, in bracing their minds to outwardcalamities, acquired a loftiness of purposeand a moral heroism worth a lifetime ofsoftness and security. Anon.A noble heart, like the sun, showeth its

greatest countenance in its lowest estate.Sir P. Sidney.Adversity exasperates fools, dejects cow-

ards, draws out the faculties of the wiseand industrious, puts the modest to thenecessity of trying their skill, awes theopulent, and makes the idle industrious.Anon.

Adversity, like whiter weather, is of useto kill those vermin which the summer ofprosperity is apt to produce and nourish.Arrowsmith.He that has never known adversity, is

but half acquainted with others, or withhimself. Constant success shows us butone side of the world; for as it surroundsus with friends, who tell us only our merits,so it silences those enemies from whom onlywe can learn our defects. Colton.

God kills-thy comforts to kill thy corrup-

tions; wants are ordained to kill wanton-ness; poverty to kill pride; reproaches todestroy ambition. Flavel.God lays IUH cross upon those whom he

loves, and those who bear it patiently gainmuch wisdom. Imtlier.

It is good for man to suffer the adversityof this earthly life: for it brings him backto the sacred retirement of the heart, whereonly ho finds ho is an exile from his nativehomo, and ought not toplace his trust in anyworldly enjoyment. Thomas cfc Kempis.

So your fiery trial is still unextinguished.But what if it be but His beacon light onyour upward path ? F. .R. Havergat.

It is not the so-called blessings of life,its sunshine and calm and pleasant expe-riences that make men, but its ruggedexperiences, its storms and tempests andtrials. Early adversity is often a blessingin disguise. W. Mafhews.Wherever souls are being tried and

ripened, in whatever commonplace andhomely ways, there God is hewing out thepillars for His temple. Phillips Brooks.The Gods in bounty work up storms

about us, that give mankind occasion toexert their hidden strength, and throw outinto practice virtues that shun the day, andlie concealed in the smooth seasons and thecalms of lif&.Addison.How blunt are all the arrows of adversity

in comparison with those of guilt I Blair.

ADVICEi Let no man presume to giveadvice to others who has not first givengood counsel to himself. Seneca.The greatest trust between man and man

is the trust of giving counsel. Bacon.When a man seeks your advice he gene-

rally wants your praise. Chesterfield.Advice is a superfluity. Ninety-nine

times out of a hundred people don't take it.The hundredth they do take it, but with areservation. Then of course it turns outbadly, and they think you an idiot, andnever forgive you. L. Malet.

Agreeable advice is seldom useful ad-vice. Massilon.He that gives good advice, builds .with

one hand ; he that gives good counseland example, builds with both ; but he thatgives good admonition and bad example,builds with one hand and pulls down withthe other. Bacon.A thousand times listen to the counsel

of your friend, but seek it only once. A. S.Hardy.There is nothing of which men are more

liberal than their good advice, be theirstock of ifc ever so small; because it seemsto carry in it an intimation of their owninfluence, importance or worth. Young.When a man has been guilty of any vice

or folly, the best atonement he can makefor it is to warn others not to fall into thelike. Addison.

It is a good divine that follows his owninstructions. I can easier teach twentywhat were good to be done, than be oneof twenty to follow mino own teaching.-*Shakespeare.

ADVICE. AFFECTATION.

He who calls in the aid of an equal un-derstanding doubles his own ; and he whoprofits by a superior understanding raiseshis powers to a level with the height of thesuperior understanding he unites with,Burke.

It is easy when we are in prosperity togive advice to.the afflicted. J&schylus.

The worst men often give the best advice;our thoughts are better sometimes thanour deeds. Bailey.We ask advice; we mean approbation,

Cotton.

Advice is like snow ; the softer it falls,the longer it dwells upon, and the deeperit sinks into the mind. Coleridge.Let no man value at a little price a vir-

tuous woman's counsel. #. Chapman.Men give away nothing BO liberally as

their advice, fiochefouoauld.

To accept good advice is but to increaseone's own ability. GoetJie.

Good, counsels observed are chains ofgrace. FuUer.

Wait for the season when to oast goodcounsels upon subsiding passion. Shake-speare.

Nothing is less sincere than our mode ofasking and giving advice. He who asksseems to have deference for the opinion ofhis friend, while he only aims to get ap-proval of his own and make his friendresponsible for his action. And he whogives repays the confidence supposed to beplaced in him by a seemingly disinterestedzeal, while he seldom means anything byhis advice but his own interest or reputa-tion . Rochefoucauld.No man is so foolish but he may some-

times give another good counsel, and noman so wise that he may not easily err ifhe takes no other counsel than his own.He that is taught only by himself has a foolfor a master. Ben Jonson.Advice is seldom welcome. Those who

need it most, like it least.JbTwiaon,Every man, however wise, needs the ad-

vice of some sagacious friend in the affairsof life. JPlautus.Those who school others, oft should

school themselves. Shakespeare,We give advice by the bucket, but take it

by the grain. W. JR. Alger.They that will not be counselled, can-

not be helped. If you do not hear reasonshe will rap you on the knuckles. Frank-

It takes nearly aa much ability to knowhow to profit by good advice a to know howto act for one's self. J

How is it possible to expect mankind totake advice when they will not HO much astake warning V StoifLDo not givo to yotir fricndi* tho most

agreeable counsels, but the moat advantage-ous. Tuckennan.Harsh counsels have no effect : they are

like hammers which are always repulsed bythe anvil. Helwtius.The advice of friends must bo received

with a judicious reaerve: we must not giveourselves up to it and follow it blindly,whether right or wrong. Wwrron.Advice and reprehension reqtiire th ut-

most delicacy ; painful truths should l>odelivered in the softest terms, and exposedno farther than is necownary to producetheir due effect, A courteous man will mixwhat is conciliating with what IB offcmum*;pratae with censure; deference and reapcctwith the authority of admonition* BO far ascan be done in Comintern1*', with probityand honor. Tho mind revolts against allcensorial! power which dittplayn pride orpleasure in finding fault; but advice, di-vested of tho harshness, and yet retainingthe honest warmth of truth, is like honeyput round tho brim of a vcBfid full of worm-wood. Even this, however, IB Bomotimt'Hinsufficient to conceal the bittornesB of thodraught, PerctoalGive every man thine ear, but few thy

voice; take each man's censure, but reserve

Giving advice is sometimes only showingour wisdom at the expense of another.Shaftesbury.

AFFECTATION. Affectation in anypart of our carriage in but the lighting upof a caudle to show our defects, and neverfails to make us taken notice of, cither aswanting in sense or sincerity. Loch'.

All affectation is the vain and ridiculousattempt ofpoverty to appear rich. towiter.

Affectation is a greater enemy to the facethan the small-pox M. JVomnondLAU affectation proceeds from ti supposi-

tion of possessing something better thanthe rest of the world possessed* Nolxxly invain of possessing two legs and two anm,because that is the precise quantity ofeither sort of limb which everybody pos-sesses. Sydney Smith.Among the numerous stratagem* by

which pride endeavors to recommend follyto regard, scarcely one meets with lew *uc-

AFFECTION. AFFECTION*.

cess than affectation, which is a perpetualdisguise of the real character by false ap-pearances. Johnson.Great vices are the proper objects of our

detestation, and smaller faults of our pity,but affectation appears to be the only truesource of the ridiculous. Fielding.We are never so ridiculous by the qualities

we have, as by those we affect to nave.JRochefoitcauld.Affectation is certain deformity. By

forming themselves on fantastic models theyoung begin with being ridiculous, andoften end m being vicious. Blair.

Affectation differs from hypocrisy inbeing the art of counterfeiting qualitieswhich we might with innocence and safetybe known to want. Hypocrisy is the neces-sary burden of villainy; affectation, a partof the chosen trappings of folly. Johnson.

Affectation proceeds either from vanityor hypocriay ; for as vanity puts us onaffecting false characters to gam applause,so hypocrisy sets us on the endeavor toavoid censures by concealing our vicesunder the appearance of their oppositevirtues. Fielding.Avoid all singularity and affectation.

What is according to nature is best, whilewhat is contrary to it is always distasteful.Nothing is graceful that is not our own.Collier.

Hearts may be attracted by assumedqualities, but the affections can only befixed ana retained by those that are real.DeMoy.Affectation naturally counterfeits those

excellencies which are farthest from ourattainment, because knowing our defectswe eagerly endeavor to supply them withartificial excellence. Johnson.

Paltry affectation and strained allusionsare easily attained by those who choose towear them; but they are but the badges ofignorance or stupidity when it would en-deavor to please. Goldsmith.

All false practices and affectations ofknowledge are more odious than any wantor defect of knowledge can be. Sprat.Be yourself. Ape no greatness. Be will-

ing to pass for what you are. A goodfarthing is better than a bad sovereign.Affect no oddness ; but dare to be right,though you have to be singular. 8. Coley.

Affectation lights a candle to onr defects,and though it may gratify ourselves, it dis-gusts all others. Lavater.

AFFECTION, There is so little to re-deem the dry mass of follies and errova th-t

make up so much of life, that anything tolove or reverence becomes, as it were, a sab-bath to the soul. jBulwer.How often a new affection makes a new

man. The sordid becomes liberal;

thecowering, heroic ; the frivolous girl, thesteadfast martyr of patience and ministra-tion, transfigured by deathless love. JS. H.Chapin.Mature affection, homage, devotion, does

not easily express itself. Its voice is low.It is modest and retiring, it lays in ambushand waits. Such is the mature fruit.Sometimes a life glides away, and finds itstill ripening in the shade. The light in-clinations of very young people are as dustcompared to rocks. Mckens.Our affections are our life. We live by

them; they supply our warmth. Channing.The affections are like lightning : you

cannot tell where they will strike till theyhave fallen. Lacordaire.How sacred and beautiful is the feeling

of affection in the pure and guileless soul!The proud may sneer at it, the fashionablecall it a fable, the selfish and dissipatedaffect to despise it, but the holy passion issurely from heaven, and is made evil onlyby the corruptions of those it was sent topreserve and Dless. Mordaunt.Of all earthly music that which reaches

farthest into heaven is the beating of atruly loving heart. IT. W. JBeecher.

If there is any thing that keeps the mindopen to angel visits, and repels the minis-try of evil, it is a pure human love. 2f. JP.Willis.

Oar sweetest experiences of affection aremeant to point us to that realm which is thereal and endless home of the heart. S. W.JSeecher.

The affections, like conscience, are ratherto be led than driven. Those who marrywhere they do not love, will be likely to lovewhere they do not many. Fuller.

Affection, like melancholy, magnifiestrifles

;but the magnifying of the one is

like looking through a telescope at heavenlyobjects ; that of the other, like enlargingmonsters with a microscope. Leigh Hunt.

The heart will commonly govern thehead; and any strong passion, set thewrong way, will soon infatuate even thewisest of men ; therefore the first part ofwisdom is to watch the affections. Water-land.

There is in life no blessing like affection:it soothes, it hallows, elevates, subdues, andbnngeth down to earth its native heaven :

AFFLICTION. 10 AFFLICTION.

life has nought else that may supply itsplace. L. JS. Landon.

I'd rather than that crowds should sighfor me, that from some kindred eye thetrickling tear should steal. if. K. White.

AFFLICTION. (See ADVEKSITY.)Affliction is a school of virtue; it corrects

levity, and interrupts the confidence of sin-ning. Atterbury.As threshing separates the wheat from

the chaff, so does affliction purify virtue.Burton.

Though all afflictions are evils in them-selves, yet they are good for us, becausethey discover to us our disease and tend toour cure. Tillotson.

Affliction is the good man's shining scene;prosperity conceals his brightest ray ; as

night to stars, woe lustre gives to man.Young.Many secrets of religion are not perceived

till they be felt, and are not felt but in theday of a great calamity. Jeremy Taylor.The lord gets his best soldiers out of the

highlands of affliction. Spurgeon.That which thou dost not understand

when thou readest, thou shalt understandin the day of thy visitation ; for manysecrets of religion are not perceived till theybe felt, and are not felt but in the day ofcalamity. Jeremy Taylor.

It has done me good to be somewhatparched by the heat and drenched by therain of life. Longfellow.

Affliction is the wholesome soil of virtue,where patience, honor, sweet humility, andcalm fortitude, take root and stronglyflourish. Mallet.

God sometimes washes the eyes of hischildren with tears that they may readaright his providence and his command-ments. T. L, Cfuykr.

If your cup seems too bitter, if your bur-den seems too heavy, be sure that it is thewounded hand that is holding the cup, andthat it is He who carries the cross that iscarrying the burden. S. L Prime.I have learned more of experimental

religion since my little boy died than in allmy life before. Horace BushnellParadoxical as it may seem, God means

not only to make us good, but to make usalso happy, by sickness, disaster and dis-appointment. 0. A. Bartol.The hiding places of men are discovered

by affliction. Aa one has aptly said, "Ourrefuges are like the nests of birds; in sum-mer they are hidden away among the green

loaves, but in winter they lire seen amongthe naked branches."/. H'. ~4/r,nimb'r.

Sanctified afflictions are like HO manyartificers working on a M'OUK nwifw cnvtviito make it more bright and miiNKivt'.~~Gtur2-worth.Heaven but tries our virtue by affliction,

and oft the cloud that wraps tho presenthour sorvoH but to brighten all our futuresdays, Jl Brown.If you would not have affliction visit you

twice, listen at oneo to what it teaeheB.Burgh.

Affliction is not Rent in vniu from the.good God who chantcnH tluwo that holoves. Soullwy.Nothing can occur beyond the tttrength

of faith to miBtain, or tranKcending theresources of religion to relieve. - 7', Ilinncy.As in nature, an in art, HO in ^nu'c* ; it in

rough treatment that given Honls, H well HBstoncH, their hinlre. The more the dia-mond is cut the brighter it sparklet* ; and inwhat seeniH hard dealing, there Clou ban iu>end in viuvv but to perfect his people.GuOvrU*.

It iti not from th tall, crowded workhouseof prosperity that men first or clearest POOthe eternal stars of heaven, ZYuxxtorflParker.Ah ! if yon only know th peace there i

in an accepted Borrow. JM^'. (juton.It is not until wo have pawed through

tho furnace that wo are made to know howmuch dross there is in our composition,Cotton.

It is a great thing, whtm the cup of Uit-teriiGHft is pressed to our lipK, to feel that itin not fate or xu'COHHity, but divine U>vworking upon u& for good WidB, JK, //,Chapin.Afflictions Bent by providence melt tho

constancy of tho noble mimtacl. hut confirmthe obduracy of the vile, an tho nnitie fur-nace that liquefies tho gold, harden** thoclay. Cotton.

The flonl that Buffers is atrotigIL W* /fiwfcw*Affliction cornea to UB all not to mnk* us

sad, but sober ; not to mako UB aorry, butwise ; not to make us dcBponclcmt, but byits darkness to refresh us, as tho night

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refreshes the day ; not to impoverish, butto enrich us, as the plough enriches thefield; to multiply our joy, HH the seed, byplanting, is multiplied a thousand-fold.~II. W. Beccher.

Strength is born in the deep sil-enco oflong-suffering hearts ; not amid joy. Mrs.Hernans.

By afflictions God is spoiling us of whatotherwise might have spoiled us. When hemakes the world too hot for us to hold, welet it go. Powell.No Christian but has his Gethseinane; but

every praying Christian will find there is noGethsemane without its angel. T. Binney.With the wind of tribulation God sepa-

rates, in the floor of the soul, the wheat fromthe chaff. Molinos.We are apt to over-look the hand and

heart of Goa in our afflictions, and to con-sider them as mere accidents, and unavoid-able evils. This view makes them absoluteand positive evils which admit of no remedyor relief. Ifwe view our troubles and trialsaside from the divine design and agency inthem, we cannot be comforted. JSmvnons.Amid my list of blessings infinite, stands

this the foremost, "that my heart hasbled.' 1 Young.

Affliction is a divine diet which though itbe not pleasing to mankind, yet AlmightyGod hatli often imposed it as a good, thoughbitter, physic, to those children whose soulsare dearest to him. Izaak Walton.The very afflictions of our earthly pil-

grimage are presages of our future glory,as shadows indicate the sun. Hichter.How fast we learn in a day of sorrow !

Scripture shines out in a new effulgence ;every verse seems to contain a sunbeam,every promise stands out in illuminated.splendor ; things hard to be understood be-come in a moment plain. H. Sonar.The most generous vine, if not pruned,

runs out into many supei-fluous stems andgrows at last weak and fruitless : so doththe best man if he be not cut short in hisdesires, and pruned with afflictions. Bp.ffall

Extrordinary afflictions are not alwaysthe punishment of extraordinai-y sins,but sometimes the trial of extraordinarygraces. Sanctified afflictions are spiritualpromotions. M. Henry.The only way to meet affliction is to pass

through it solemnly, slowly, with humilityand faith, as the Israelites passed throughthe sea. Then its very waves of mincry willdivide, and become to us a wall, on the right

side and on the left, until the gulf narrowsbefore our eyes, and we land safe on theopposite shore. Miss Mulock.We should always record our thoughts in

affliction : Bet up way-marks, that we mayrecur to them in health; for then we are inother circumstances, and can never recoverour sick-bed views.The good are better made by ill, as odors

crushed are sweeter still. Rogers.What seem to us but dim funereal tapers,

may be heaven's distant lamps. Longfel-low.

It is from the remembrance of joys vvehave lost that the arrows of affliction arepointed. Mackenzie.The gem cannot be polished-without fric-

tion, nor man perfected without trials.Chinese Provero.Never on earth calamity so great, as not

to leave to us, if rightly weighed, whatwould console 'mid what we sorrow for.Shakespeare.The lessons we learn in sadness and from

loss are those that abide. Sorrow clarifiesthe mind, steadies it, forces it to weighthings correctly. The soil moist with tearsbest feeds the seeds of truth, T. T. Mun-ger.Never was there a man of deep piety, who

has not been brought into extremities whohas not been put into fire who has notbeen taught to say, "Though he slay me,yet will I trust in him." Cecil.As sure as God puts nis children into the

furnace of affliction, he will be with themin it. Spurgeon,Heaven tries our virtue by affliction; as

oft the cloud that wraps the present hour,serves but to lighten all our future days.JT. Brown.Come then, affliction, if my Father vails,

and be my frowning friend. A friend thatfrowns is better than a smiling enemy.Anon.

AGE* It is not by the gray of the hairthat one knows the age of the heart.Bulwer.A graceful and honorable old age is the

childhood of immortality. Pindar.How beautiful can time with goodness

make an old man look. Jerrold.Old age adds to the respect due to virtue,

but it takes nothing from the contemptinspired by vice ; it whitens only the hair,J. P. Senn.

Age does not depend upon years, butupon temperament and health. Some men

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are born old, and some never grow BO.Tryon Edwards.A person is always startled when he hears

himself seriously called old for tho firsttime. 0. W. Holmes.The vices of old age have tho stiffness of

it too ; and as it is the uufittost time tolearn in, so the unfitness of it to unlearnwill be found much greater. tfowtfi.Let us respect gray hairs, especially our

own. J. P. Senn.

Our youth and manhood are due to ourcountry, but our declining years are due toourselves. Pliny.When we are young, we are slavishly em-

ployed in procuring somr.thing whereby womay live comfortably when we grow old ;and when we are old, wo perceive it is toolate to live as we proposed. Pope.Old men's eyes are like old men's memo-

ries ; they are strongest for things a longway off. George Eliot.No wise man ever wished to be younger.

Swift.To be happy, we must be true to natiire,

and carry our age along with us. Hazlttt.Years do not make sages ; they only make

old men. Mad. Swetchine.Every one desires to live long, but no one

would be old. Svtift.Nothing is more disgraceful than that an

old man should have nothing to show toprove that he has Jived long, except hisyears. Seneca,.

How many fancy they have experiencesimply because they have grown old.Stanislaus.Men of age object too much, consult too

long, adventure too little, repent too soon,and seldom drive business home to the fullperiod, but content themselves with a me-diocrity of success. Bacon.

As we grow old we become both morefoolish and more wise. Rochefoucauld.Age that lessens the enjoyment of life,

increases our desire of living. Goldsmith.Childhood itself is scarcely more lovely

than a cheerful, kindly, sunshiny old age.L. M. Child.When one becomes indifferent to women,

to children, and to young people, he mayknow that he is superannuated, and haswithdrawn from what is sweetest and purestin human existence, A. B. Alcott.Old age is a blessed time. It gives us

leisure to put off our earthly garments oneby one, and dress ourselves for heaven.

"Blessed arc they that arc homo-Hick, forthey shall got home."A comfortable old age is the reward of a

well-spent youth. Instead of itn bringingsad and mehneholy prxmpectK of decay, itshould givn UH hopes of eternal youth in abetter world. ,#. Palmer.No HIIOW falls lighter than the anew of

age; but none lies heavier, for it never moltB.It is a rare and difficult attainment to

grow old gracefully and happily./,. M.Child.Old age is a tyrant, which forbids the

?leasure8of youth on pain of death.

tochefoucaula.Old ago has deformitie enough of its

own. It should never add to them tho de-formity of vice. Oato.Wo should so provide for old aga that it

may have no urgent wantn of thin world toabsorb it from meditation on the next. Itis awful to KOO the loan hands of dotagemaking a coffer of the grave, -/factaw.To roBiBt the frigidity of old age one

must combine the lx>dy, tho mind, and theheart. And to keep theBe in parallel vigorone must exercise, study, and love. ^m-stettin.

When a noblo life has prepared old ago,it IB not decline that it rovealB, but the firstdays of immortality. MatL dt> tftatil,The evening of a well-apont life bringa its

lamps with it. Joubtrt.

Ago does, not make UB ohildfch, aa Homesay ; it finds us true children. Vwthe.Age is rarely despised but when it in con*

temptible.i/wwscw.As winter strips tho leaven from around

us, so that wo may see the distant regionsthey formerly concealed, o old age takesaway our enjoyments only to enlarge theprospect of tho coming eternity. JRie/ifcr.He who would pass his declining years

with honor and comfort, should, whenyoung, consider that ho may one day In-come old, and remember when ho in old,that he has once been young. Ailditott,That man never grows old who keeps a

child in his heart.A healthy old fellow, -who la not a fool, is

the happiest oreaturo living. $twfaIn old age life's shadows arc meeting

eternity's day. Clarke.The Grecian ladies counted their age

from their marriage, not from their birth.ffomer.Tho golden age is before us, not behind

us. St. Simon.

AGE. 13 AGE.

The tendency of old age to the body, saythe physiologists, is to form bone. It is asrare as it is pleasant to meet with an oldman whose opinions are not ossified. J. F.Boyse.That old man dies prematurely whose

memory records no benefits conferred.They only have lived long who have livedvirtuously. Sheridan.I venerate old age ; and I love not the

man who can look without emotion uponthe sunset of life, when the dusk of eveningbegins to gather over the watery eye, andthe shadows of twilight grow broader anddeeper upon the understanding. Longfel-low.

tWhile one finds company in himself and

his pursuits, he cannot feel old, no matterwhat his years may be. A. JB. Aicott.

It is only necessary to grow old to becomemore charitable and even indulgent. I seeno fault committed by others that I havenot committed myself. Goethe.An aged Christian, with the snow of time

upon his head, may remind us that thosepoints of earth are whitest which are nearestto heaven. J. JS. Chapin.There are three classes into which all the

women past seventy years of age I have everknown, were divided : that dear old soul ;that old woman ; that old witch. Cole-ridge.That which is called dotage, is not the

weak point of all old men, but only of suchas are distinguished by their levity andweakness. Cicero.There cannot live a more unhappy crea-

ture than an ill-natured old man, who isneither capable of receiving pleasures, norsensible of conferring them on others. SirW. Temple.As we advance in Ufe the circle of our

pains enlarges, while that of our pleasurescontracts. Mad. Swetchine.Gray hairs seem to my fancy like the soft

light of the moon, silvering over the eveningoflife JBfcAter.

One's age should be tranquil, as child-hood should be playful. Hard work ateither extremity of life seems otit of place.At mid-day the sun may burn, and menlabor under it; but the morning and eveningshould be alike calm and cheerful. Arnold.When we are put of sympathy with the

young, then I think our work in this worldis over.

AGNOSTICISM. 14 AGRICULTURE.

These are the effects of doting ago ; vain

doubts, and idle cares, and over caution.Dryden.There are two things which grow stronger

in the breast of man, in proportion aa hoadvances in years : the love of country andreligion. Let thorn bo never so much for-gotten in youth, they sooner or later presentthemselves to us arrayed in all their charms,and excite in the recesses of our hearts anattachment justly due to their beauty.Chateaubriand.Thirst of power and of riches now hear

sway, the passion and infirmity of age.Froude.Youth changes its tastes by the -warmth

of its blood; age retains its tastes by habit.Rochefoucauld.There is aot a more repulsive spectacle

than an old man who will not forsake theworld, which has already forsaken him,Tholuck.

AGITATION. Agitation is the mar-shalling of the conscience of a nation tomould its laws. Sir J2. Peel.

Agitation prevents rebellion, keeps thopeace, and secures progress. Every Btepshe gains is gained forever. MnHkettt arethe weapons of animals. Agitation it* tho at-mosphere of the brains. Wendell Phillips,Those who mistake the excitement and

agitation of reform for the source of danger,must have overlooked all history.We believe in excitement when the thome

is great ; in agitation when huge evila areto be reformed. It is thus that a state ornation clears itself of great moral wrongs,and effects important changes. Still watersgather to themselves poisonous ingredi-ents, and scatter epidemics and death. Thenoisy, tumbling brook, and the rolling androaring ocean, are pu re and healthful. Thomoral and political elements need the rock-ings and hoavings of free discussion, fortheir own purification. The nation feels ahealthier pulsation, and breathes a moreinvigorating atmosphere, than if pulpit,platform, and press, were all silent as thetonib, leaving misrule and oppression un-watched and unscathed. P. (fooke.

Agitation, under pretence of reform, witha view to overturn revealed truth and order,is the worst kind of mischief. 0. Simmons.

Agitation is the method that plants theschool by the side of the ballot-box. W&n^dell Phillips.

AGNOSTICISM.-There is only onegreater folly than that of the fool who says11 his heart there is no God, and that is the

folly of tho people that Bay with itn headthat it docs not know whether there IBClod or not. Bi$mart&.An agnostic is a man who doesn't know

whether there is a God or not, doctm't knowwhether he has a soul or not, ducnn't knowwhether there, is a future life or not, doesn'tbelieve that any one else knows any moreabout these matters than he doeH, andthinkw it a wante of time to try to findout. Dana.The term "agmwtio" in only the (Jroek

equivalent of tho Latin and KngliNhuIgno-

ramus" a name one would think HciexitiutBwould he slow to apply to thenwlven.Agnosticism is the philosophical, ethical,

and religious dry-rot of tho modern world.JF. j&\ Abbot.

ACRARIAN1SM. Tho agrarian woulddivide all tho property in the communityequally among its niembcni. I Jut if HOdividcU to-day, industry on the ono hand,and kllem'KB on the other, would make itunequal on tho morrow. There i no agra-rianiHui in the providence of God. TryonEilwards.The agrarian, like the comnmuiKt, would

bring all above him down to Inn own level,or raise lumndf to theirs, but in not anxiousto bring those below him up to hiuittelf,C. Sitnmvtis.

AGRICULTURE-Agricxilttire in thefoundation of manufactures, since the pro-ductions of nature ara tho material ofart. (ttbbon,

Agriculture not only gives riehvtt to anation, hut the only riches nhc can call herown, Johnson.Lot tho farmer for ovonuoro Ix* honored

in hi calling, for they who labor in theearth are the chosen people ot God. Jvf-fwson,

Agriculture for an honorable and high-minded man, is tho bent of all occupationsor arts by which -men procure the means ofliving. Xenophon.Trade increases tho wealth and glory of a

country; but its real strength ana Ktanuuaare to bo looked for among tho cultivator**of tho land.- lord Chatham.Tho farmm are tho fonndora of civiliza-

tion and proHparity,--7Mnifi W#b#ter.He that would look with contempt on the

purwuits of tho farmer, iB wot worthy thename of a man.//. W.There seem to be but three wayR for a

nation to acquire wraith : the* tot IB bywar, as the Roiwana did, in plumlemtg theft

AIMS. 15 ALCHEMY.

conquered neighbors this is robbery , thesecond by commerce, which is generallycheating ; the third by agriculture, the onlyhonest way, wherein man receives a realincrease of the seed thrown into the ground,in a kind of continual miracle, wrought bythe hand of God in IUH favor, as a rewardfor his innocent life and his virtuous indus-try. Franklin.In the age of acorns, before the times of

Ceres, a single barley-corn had been of morevalue to mankind than all the diamonds ofthe mines of India. If. Brooke.The first three men in the world were a

gardener, a ploughman, and a grazier ; andif any object that the second of these was ainnrderer, I desire him to consider that asHpou as he was so, he quitted our profes-sion, and turned builder. Oowley.In a moral point of view, the life of the

agriculturist is the most pure and holy ofany class of men ; pure, because it is themost healthful, and vice can hardly findtime to contaminate it ; and holy, becauseit brings the Deity perpetually before hisview, giving him thereby the most exaltednotions of supreme power, and the mostendearing view of the divine benignity.Lord John Russell.Command large fields, but cultivate small

ones. Virgil.Whoever makes two ears of corn, or two

blades of grass to grow where only onegrew before, deserves better of mankind,and does more essential service to hiscountry than the whole race of politiciansput together. Swift.The frost is God's plough which he drives

through, every inch of ground in the world,opening each clod, and pulverizing thewhole. Fuller.We may talk as we please of lilies, and

lions rampant, and spread eagles in fieldsof d'or or d'argent, out if heraldry wereguided by reason, a plough in the fieldarable would be the most noble and ancientarms. Cowley.

AIMS. (See " ASPIBATION.")High aims form high characters, and great

objects bring out great minds. Tryon Ed-wards.Have a purpose in life, and having it.

throw into yoiir work such strength of mindand muscle as God has given you. Car-lyle.

The man who seeks one. and but one,thing in life may>hope to achieve it ; but hewho seeks all things, wherever he goes, onlyreaps, from the hopes which he sows, a har-vest of barren regrets. Bulwer.

Not failure, but low aim, is crime. / &Lowell.Aim at perfection in everything, though

in most things it is unattainable ; however,they who aim at it, and persevere, willcome much nearer to it, than those whostelaziness and despondency make them giveit up as unattainable. Chesterfield.Aim at the sun, and you may not reach

it;but your arrow will fly far higher than

if aimed at an object on a level with your-self. J. Hawes.Besolved to live with allmy might while I

do live, and as I shall wish I had done tenthousand ages hence. Jonathan Edwards.

It is a sad thing to begin life with lowconceptions of it. It may not be possiblefor a young man to measure life ; but it ispossible to say, I am resolved to put life toits noblest and best use. T. T, Munger.Dream manfully and nobly, and thy

dreams shall be prophets. Bulwer.In great attempts it is glorious even to

fail. Longinus.We want an aim that can never grow vile,

and which cannot disappoint our hope.There is but one such on earth, and it isthat of beingr like God. He who strivesafter union with perfect love must grow outof selfishness, and his success is secured inthe omnipotent holiness of God. 8. Brooke.What are the aims which are at the same

time duties? they are the perfecting ofourselves, and the happiness of others.KantHigh aims and lofty purposes are the

wings of the soul aiding it to mount toheaven. In God's word we have a perfectstandard both of duty and character, thatby the influence of both, appealing to thebest principles of our nature, we may beroused to the noblest and best efforts.8. Spring.Providence has nothing good or high in

store for one who does not resolutely aimat something high or good. A purpose isthe eternal condition of success. T. T.Munger.

ALCHEMY. Alchemy may be com-pared to the man who told his sons of goldburied somewhere in his vineyard, wherethey by digging found no #old, but by turn-ing up the mould about the roots of theirvines, procured a plentiful vintage. So thesearch and endeavors to make gold havebrought many useful inventions and in-structive experiments to light. Bacon.I have always looked upon alchemy in

natural philosophy, to be like over enthu-

ALLEGORIES. 16 AMBITION.

siasm in divinity, and to have troubled theworld much to the same purpose. Mr W.Temple.

ALLEGORIES. Allegories, when wellchosen, are like so many trackH of light ina discourse, that make everything aboutthem clear and beautiful. Addition.The allegory of a sophist is always

screwed ; it crouches and bows liko a snake,which is never straight, whether she go,creep, or lie still ; only when she is dead,she is straight enough. -Zither.

A. man conversing in earnest, if he watchhis intellectual process, will find that amaterial image, more or less luminous,arises in his mind with every thought whichfurnishes the vestment of the thought.Hence good writing and brilliant discourseare perpetual allegories. Jw

AMERICA. 17 AMIABILITY.

Ambition is like love, impatient both ofdelays and rivals. Denham.Most people would succeed in small things

if they wore not troubled by great ambi-tions. Longfellow.He who surpasses or subdues mankind,

must look down on the hate of those below.Jiyron.Where ambition can cover its enterprises,

even to the person himself, under the ap-pearance of principle, it is the most incur-able and inflexible of passions. Hume.The slave has but one master, the ambi-

tioas man has as many as there are personswhose aid may contribute to the advance-ment of his fortunes. JBruyere.Ambition is so powerful a passion in the

human breast, that however high we reachwe are never satisfied. Afachiavelli.

Nothing is too high for the daring ofmortals : we storm lieaven itself in ourfolly. Horace.

The very substance of the ambitious ismerely the shadow of a dream. Shake-speare.How like a mounting devil in the heart

rules the unreined ambition. JV. P. Willis.Too often those who entertain ambition,

expel remorse and nature. Shakespeare.'

Too low they build who build below theskies.

-Young.Great souls, by nature half divine, soar

to the stars, and hold a near acquaintancewith the gods. JRowe.

AMERICA. America is another namefor opportunity. Our whole history appearslike a last effort of divine Providence inbehalf of the human race. Emerson.America is rising with a giant's strength.

Its bones are yet but cartilages. Fisher

America is a fortunate country ; shegrows by the follies of our European na-tions. Napoleon.America half-brother of the world,

Bailey.The home of the homeless all over the

earth. Street.

If all Europe were to become a prison,America would still present a loop-hole ofescape ; and, God be praised ! that loop-hole is larger than the dungeon itself.Heine.The home of freedom, and the hope of the

down-trodden and oppressed among thenations of the earth, I)aniel Webster.TkU is what I call the American idea, a

government of the people, by the people,and for the people a government of theprinciples of eternal justice, the unchang-ing law of God. Theodore Parker.America has proved that it is practicable

to elevate the mass of mankind the labor-ing or lower class to raise them to self-respect, to make them competent to act apart in the great right and the great dutyof self-government ; and she has provedthat this may be done by education and thediffusion of knowledge. She holds out anexample a thousand times more encouragingthan ever was presented before to thosenine-tenths of the human race who are bornwithout hereditary fortune or hereditaryrank. Daniel Webster.

AMIABILITY. The constant desire ofpleasing which is the peculiar quality ofsome, may be called the happiest of alldesires in this, that it rarely fails of attain-ing its end when not disgraced by affecta-tion. Fielding.To be amiable is most certainly a duty,

but it is not to be exercised at the expenseof any virtue. He who seeks to do the ami-able always, can at times be successful onlyby the sacrifice of his manhood. Simms.How easy to be amiable in the midst of

happiness and success. Mad. Swetchine.Amiable people^ though often subject to

imposition in their contact with the world,yet radiate so much of sunshine that theyare reflected in all appreciative hearts.Deluzy.

AMUSEMENTS.-It is doing some ser-vice to humanity, to amuse innocently.They know but little of society who thinkwe can bear to be always employed, either induties or meditation, without relaxation.H. More.The mind ought sometimes to be diverted,

that it may return the better to thinking.Phcsdrus.Amusement is the waking sleep of labor.

When it absorbs thought, patience, andstrength that might have been seriouslyemployed, it loses its distinctive characterana becomes the task-master of idleness.Wittmott.Let the world have whatever sports and

recreations please them best, provided theybe followed with discretion. Burton.Amusement that is excessive and followed

only for its own sake, allures and deceivesus, and leads us down imperceptibly inthoughtlessness to the grave. Pascal.The habit of dissipating every serious

thought by a, succession of agreeable aensa-

AMUSEMENTS. 18 ANCESTRY.

tions is as fatal to happiness as to virtue ;for when amusement is uniformly substi-tuted for objects of moral and mental in-terest, we lose all that elevates our enjoy-ments above the scale of childish pleasures,Anna Maria Porter.Amusements are to religion like breezes

of air to the flame, gentle ones will fan it,but strong ones will put it out. Thomas.Innocent amusements are such as excite

moderately, and such as produce a cheerfulframe of mind, not boisterous mirth ; suchas refresh, instead of exhausting, the sys-tem ; such as recur frequently, rather thancontinue long ; such as send us back to ourdaily duties invigorated in body and spirit ;such as we can partake of in the presenceand society of respectable friends j such asconsist with and are favorable to a grate-ful piety ; such as are chastened by self-respect, and are accompanied with the con-sciousness that life has a higher end thanto be amused. Charming.If those who are the enemies of innocent

amusements had the direction of the world,they would take away the spring and youth,the former from the year, the latter fromhuman life. Balzac.

It is a sober truth that people who liveonly to amuse themselves, work harder atthe task than most people do in earningtheir daily bread. H. More.

It is exceedingly deleterious to withdrawthe sanction of religion from amusement.If we feel that it is all injurious we shouldstrip the earth of its flowers and blot outits pleasant sunshine. .#. H. Chapin.Dwell not too long upon sports ; for as

they refresh a man that is weary, so theyweary a man that is refreshed, Miller.

It you are animated by right principles,and are fully awakened to the true dignityof life, the subject of amusements may beleft to settle itself. T. T. Munger.

Christian discipleship does not involvethe abandonment of any innocent enjoy-ment. Any diversion or amusement whichwe can use so as to receive pleasure andenjoyment to ourselves, and do no harm toothers, we are perfectly free to use ; andany that we cannot use without injury toourselves or harm to others, we have noright to use, whether we are Christians ornot. W. Gladden.

I am a great friend to public amusements,for they keep people from vice. Johnson.Amusement to an observing mind is

study. Disraeli.It is doing some service to humanity to

amuse innocently ; and they know very little

of society who think wo can hear to bealways employed, either in duties or medi-tations, without any relaxation,- Atfr ./*.

All amusements to which virtuous womenare not admitted, are, rely imon it, dele-terious in their nature. Thackeray.Joining in tlm anmnementu of othertt int

in our social utate, tlm next thing to sym-pathy in their diKtresscH, ami even *tlu>slenderest bond that holds Hoeiety togethershould rather bo strengthened than ttnant.Landor.Thfl church lias been HO fearful of tunuHe-

ments that the devil IUIK hud the chargeof thorn

;the, ehaplct of tlowevn hint been

snatched from tho brow of Christ, ami givento Mammon.//, W.ANALOGY. Analogy, although it is

not infallible, is yet that telescope of themind by which it IK luarvelouslv nstuMtcd inthe discovery of both phviea,\ and moraltruth. Cotton.

Those who reason only by analogies,rarely reason by logic, and are generallyslaves to imagination. O.

ANARCHY, Anarchy in the choking,sweltering, deadly, and killing rule of norule

;the consecration of cupidity and bray-

ing of folly and dim Ktupidity and IWHCIICHK,in most of the affairs of men, Hlop-nliirtBattainable thruo half-pence cheaper by theruin of living bodios and immortal Hoiita.Qarlyte.Bnrko talked of " that digcBfc of anarchy

called the Rights of Man.11 Alison.

Anarchy is hatred of human authority ;atheism of divine authority two HidcH ofthe same wholo. Macpherson.

ANCESTRY,-(Se "torn," ami "GKH-The happiest lot for a man, aH far as birth

is concerned, is that it should bo mich UK togivo him but little occasion to think muchabout it. Whately.I will not borrow merit from the dead,

myself an undeserved. ,ftovp.Every man is his own ancestor* and every

man is his own heir* Ho dovincH hiw ownfuture, and ho inherits hi own pant.- //.

1

It is the highest of earthly honors to bodescended from the groat and good. Theyalone cry out against a noble ancestry whohave none of their own.Good blood descent from the great and

good. is a high honor and privik'gs. ITothat lives worthily of it is deserving of the

ANCESTRY. 19 ANCESTRY.

highest esteem ; ho that does not, of thedeeper disgrace . CoUon.

They that on glorious ancestors enlarge,produce their debt, instead of their dis-charge. Young.We take rank by descent. Such of us as

have the longest pedigree, and are there-fore the furthest removed from the firstwho made the fortune and founded thefamily, we are the noblest. Fronde.Breed is stronger than pasture. George

Eliot. '

It is, indeed, a blessing, when the virtuesof noble races are hereditary. Nabb.How poor are all hereditary honors, those

poor possessions from another's deeds, un-less our own just virtues form our title, andgive a sanction to our fond assumption.Shirley.

It is a noble faculty of our nature whichenables us to connect our thoughts, sym-pathies, and happiness, with what is distantin place or time ; and looking before andafter, to hold communion at once with ourancestors and our posterity. There is amoral and philosophical respect for our an-cestors, which elevates the character andimproves the heart. Next to the sense ofreligious duty and moral feeling, I hardlyknow what should bear with stronger obli-gation on a liberal and enlightened mind,than a consciousness of an alliance withexcellence which is departed ; and a con-sciousness, too, that in its acts and conduct,and even in its sentiments and thoughts, itmay be actively operating on the happinessof those that come after it. Daniel Webster.A grandfather is no longer a social insti-

tution. Men do not live in the past. Theymerely look back. Forward is the universalcry.

What can we see in the longest kinglyline in Europe, save that it runs back to asuccessful soldier ? Walter Scott.

Some decent, regulated pre-eminence,some preference given to birth, is neitherunnatural nor unjust nor impolitic. Burke,

It is with antiquity as with ancestry, na-tions are proud of the one, and individualsof the other

; but if they are nothing inthemselves, that which is their pride oughtto be their humiliation, Colton.

The origin of all mankind was the same :it is only a clear and a good conscience thatmakes a man noble, for that is derived fromheaven itself, Seneca.

It is of no consequence of what parentsa man is born, so he be a man of merit.Horace.

The glory of ancestors sheds a lightaround posterity; it allows neither theirgood or bad qualities to remain in obscur-ity.-Sallust.

Consider whether we ought not to bemore in the habit of seeking honor fromour descendants than from our ancestors ;thinking it better to be nobly rememberedthan nobly born ; and striving so to live,that our sons, and our sons' sons, for agesto come, might still lead their childrenreverently to the doors out of which we hadbeen carried to the grave, saying, " Look,this was his house, this was his chamber."Buskin.Mere family never made a man great.

Thought and deed, not pedigree, are thepassports to enduring fame. Skobeleff.

It is fortunate to come of distinguishedancestry. It is not less so to be snch thatpeople do not care to inquire whether youare of high descent or not. Bruyere.Few people disparage a distinguished an-

cestry except those who have none of theirown. J. Sawes.

Title and ancestry render a good manmore illustrious, but an ill one more con-temptible. Addison.

It is a shame for a man to desire honoronly because of his noble progenitors, andnot to deserve it by his own virtue.Chrysostom.Philosophy does not regard pedigree,

She did not receive Plato as a noble, butmade him so. Seneca.

I am no herald to inquire after men'spedigrees : it sufficeth me if I know of theirvirtues. Sir P. Sidney.Nothing is more disgraceful than for a

man who. is nothing, to hold himself honoredon account of his forefathers

;and yet

hereditary honors are a noble and splendidtreasure to descendants. Plato.Some men by ancestry are only the

shadow of a mighty name. Lucan.Pride in boasting of family antiquity,

makes duration stand for merit. ZiniTner-man.

The man of the true quality is not hewho labels himself with genealogical tables,and lives on the reputation of his fathers,but he in whose conversation and behaviorthere are references and characteristicspositively unaccountable except on thehypothesis that his descent is pure andillustrious. Theodore Parker.

The inheritance of a distinguished aridnoble name is a proud inheritance to himwho lives worthily of it. Colton.

ANECDOTES. ANGER.

Honorable descent is, in all nations,greatly esteemed. It is to be expected thatthe children of men of worth will bo liketheir progenitors ; for nobility is the virtueof a family. Aristotle.

The glory of ancestors sheds a lightaround posterity ; it allows neither their

good nor their bad qualities to remain inobscurity.Sallitst.

It would be more honorable to our dis-tinguished ancestors to praise them mwords less, but in deeds to imitate themmore. H. Mann.

They who depend on the merits of an-cestors, search in the roots of the tree forthe fruits which the branches ought to pro-duce. Harrow.The man who has nothing to boast of but

his illustrious ancestry, is like the potato-the best part under ground. Overbury.Distinguished birth is like a cipher : it

has no power in itself like wealth, or talent,or personal excellence, but it tells, with allthe power of a cipher, when added to eitherof the others. Boyes.The pride of blood has a most important

and beneficial influence. It is much to feelthat the high and honorable belong to aname that is pledged to the present by therecollections of the past. L. E. Landon.When real nobleness accompanies the

imaginary one of birth, the imaginarymixes with the real and becomes real too.Grevilte.

We inherit nothing truly, but what ouractions make us worthy of. Chapman.He that can only boast of a distinguished

lineage, boasts of that which does not be-long to himself ; but he that lives worthilyof it is always held in the highest honor.Junius.

All history shows the power of blood overcircumstances, as agriculture shows theower of the seeds over the soil. K P.Birth is nothing where virtue is not.

Moliere.

Nobility of birth does not always insurea corresponding nobility of mind ; if it did,it would always act as a stinmlus to nobleactions ; but it sometimes acts as a clograther than a spur. Colton.

AN ECDOTE$ Anecdotes and maximsare rich treasures to the man of the world,for he knows how to introduce the formerat fit places in conversation, and to recollectthe latter on proper occasions. Goethe.Some people exclaim, " Give me no anec-

dote* of an author, but jgive me his works ";

and yet I have ofton found that tho anec-dotcH aro more interesting than the workfl.-JDisrat'li.

AncedotCH are HOiuotimoH th bout vehiclesof truth, and if striking ami appropriatearo often mnro iinprosHivti and powerfulthan argument. Trytm Edirnrtis.

Occasionally a Hinglo antidote opontj acharacter ; biography hart it nomparativoanatomy, and a saying or a twntimont en-ables the Hkillful hand to coiwtruet thoskeleton. Willmott.

Story-tolling IH subject to two unavoidabledofoctn : froqnont repetition ami taring noonexhausted ; HO that whoever valutw thin giftin himself, han noed of a good memory, andought frequently to Hhift his company*Swift.

ANGELS. Millions of spiritual crea-tures walk the earth mineon, noth when wosleep and when wo wake. Milton.We are never like angola till our paanion

dies. Decker.

The guardian an#e,l of lift* nomt'timwfly BO high as to ho beyond our night, hutthev are always looking down upon tin.ftichter.

The angels may have wider Rphcrw ofaction and nobler fornw of duty than our*selves, but truth and right to" them andto UB are one and tho Bumo thing.- JK, ILChapin.

ANGER. Angor bcgim in folly, andends in repentance. Pythayorax.The fire you kinrllo for your onomy often

burns yourself moro than hiiu.~-6Yi{/ttwProverb.

Anger is the most impotent of pa8ion.It effect* nothing it goim alxmt, and liurtHthe one who i poBseandd by it more thantho one against whom it in dimmed.Clarendon.He that would be angry and win not, nuiHt

not be angry with anytiling but nil*.

To bo angry is to rcwugo tho fault* ofothers on our8olvc.Jr>ojr>

AHGER. 21 ANTICIPATION,

If a man meets with injustice, it is notrequired that he whall not be roused to meetit ; but if he is angry after he has had timeto think upon it, that is sinful. The flanieis not wrong, but the coals are. H. W.Beeclwr.

Anger ventilated often hurries towardsforgiveness ; anger concealed often hardensinto revenge. Bulwer.

Keep cool and you command everybody.St. Just.

Anger may be kindled in the noblestbreasts ; but in these the slow droppings ofan Tinforgiving temper never take the shapeand consistency of enduring hatred, G. 8.fflllard.

The continuance and frequent fits ofanger produce in the soul a propensity tobe angry ; which ofttimes ends in choler.bitterness, and morosity, when the mindbecomes ulcerated, peevish, and querulous,and is wounded by the least occurrence.Plutarch.Beware of the fury of a patient man.

JDryden.A man that does not know how to be

angry, does not know how to be good.Now and then a man should be shaken tothe core with indignation over things eviLJET. W. Beecher.There is not in nature, a thing that makes

man so deformed, so beastly, as doth intem-perate anger. John Webster.To be angry about trifles is mean and

childish;to rage and be furious is brutish;

and to maintain perpetual wrath is akin tothe practice and temper of devils ; but toprevent and suppress rising resentment iswise and glorious, is manly and divine.Watts.

Men often make up ixx wrath what theywant in reason.

.AJj/er.Life appears to me too short to be spent in

nursing animosity or registering wrong.Charlotte Bronte.

Consider how much more you often sufferfrom your anger and grief, than from thosevery things for which you are angry andgrieved. .ftfarcws Antoninus.The greatest remedy for anger is delay.

Seneca.

Wise anger is like fire from the flint; thereis a great ado to bring it put ; and when itdoes come, it is out again immediately.M. Henry.

Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp'snest, Malabar Proverb.When a man is wrong and won't admit it,

he always gets angry. Haliburton.

When one is in a good sound rage, it isastonishing how calm one can be. Bulwer.Ho who can suppress a moment's anger

may prevent a day of sorrow.To rule one's anger is well ; to prevent it

is still better. Tryon Edwards.Anger is a noble infirmity ; the generous

failing of the just ; the one degree thatriseth above zeal, asserting the prerogativeof virtue. Tupper.The intoxication of anger, like that of

the grape, shows us to others, but hides usfrom ourselves. We injure our own causein the opinion of the world when we toopassionately defend it. Colton.When angry, count ten before you speak;

if very angry, count a hundred, person.Consider, when you are enraged at any

one, what you would probably think if heshould die during the dispute. Shenstone.Violence in the voice is often only the

death rattle of reason in the throat. Boyes.All anger is not sinful, because some de-

gree of it, and on some occasions, is inevit-able, But it becomes sinful and contradictsthe rule of Scripture when it is conceivedupon slight and inadequate provocation,and when it continues long. Paley.When passion is on the throne reason is

out of doors. M. Henry.An angry man is again angry with him-

self when he returns to reason. PubliusSyrus.

Anger, if not restrained, is frequentlymoreliurtful to us than the injury that pro-vokes it. Seneca.He best keeps from anger who remembers

that God is always looking upon him.Plato.

When anger rises, think of the conse-quences. Confucius.Beware of him that is slow to anger ; for

when it is long coming, it is the strongerwhen it comes, and thelonger kept. Abusedpatience turns to fury. Quarles.

ANTICIPATION.-A11 earthly delightsare sweeter in

expectation than in enjoy-ment : but all spiritual pleasures more infruition than in expectation. Felfham.He who foresees calamities, suffers them

twice over. Porteous.All things that are, are with more spirit

chased than enjoyed. Shakespeare.Among so many sad realities we can but

ill endure to rob anticipation of its pleasantvinions. Giles.

The hours we pass with happy prospect*

ANTICIPATION, ANXIETY.

in view are more pleasant than thosecrowned with fruition. In tho first casewe cook the dish to our own appetito ; inthe last it is cooked for ii&.Goldsimth.

We often tremble at an empty terror, yetthe false fancy brings a real misery.-Schiller.

Suffering itself does less afflict the sensesthan the anticipation of suffering. Quin-Man.Sorrow itself is not so hard to bear as the

thought of sorrow coming. Airy ghoststhat work no harm do terrify us more thanmen in steel with bloody purposes. T. JJ.Aldrich.In all worldly things