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Collectanea.
and his voice thunder ; his limbs were changed into the four poles , his veins into rivers , his sinews into the undulations of the earth ' s surface , and his flesh into fields ; his beard , like Berenice ' s hair , was turned into stars ; his skin and hair into herbs and trees ; and his teeth , bones , and marrow , into metals , rocks , and precious stones ; his dropping sweat increased to rain ; and lastly ( naseitur ridiculus mus ) , the ' insects which stuck to his body were transformed into people . —The Middle Kingdom .
OUR SECOND CHILDHOOD . —Some one has well remarked that " it is a benevolent provision of nature that in old age the memory enjoys a second spring , and , that while we forget all passing occurrences , many of which are but painful concomitants of old age , we have a vivid and delightful recollection of all the pleasures of youth . "
" FLOWERS are the true emblems of the best and sweetest creature enjoyments of this world , for , being moderately and cautiously used , they for a long time yield sweetness to the possessor of them ; but if once the affections seize too greedily upon them , and squeeze them too hard , they quickly wither in our hands , and we lose the comfort of them . "
" WHOEVER stands upon a lofty mountain should not look merely at the gold which the morning sun pours on the grass and wild-flowers at his feet ; but he should sometimes look behind him into the deep valley where the shadows still rest , that he may the more sensibly feel that the sun is indeed a sun . "
" IT was a fine and true remark , that , ' they who will abandon a friend for an error , know but little of the human character , and prove that their hearts are as cold as their judgments are weak . '" THE Fox AND THE GRAPES . —Elderly spinster— " So you ' re going to be married , dear , are you ? Well , for my part , I think nine hundred and ninety-nine marriages out of a thousand turn out miserably ; but of course every one is the best judge of their own feelings . "
AN UNSOPHISTICATED WITNESS . —During the sessions at Wakefield , a witness was asked if he was not a husbandman , when he hesitated for a moment , then cooly replied , amid the laughter of the court , " Nae , Sir , I ' se not married . "
NOTHING NEW . —I compare me to a little wilderness , surrounded b y a high dead wall . Within this we muse and walk in quest of the new and happy , forgetting the insuperable limits , till , with surprise , we find ourselves stopped by the dead wall ; we turn away and muse , and walk again till on another side we find ourselves close against the dead wall . Whichever way we turn , still the same . —Foster .
THERE IS no word or action but that may be taken with two hands ; either with the ri ght hand of charitable construction , or , the sinister interpretation of malice and suspicion ; and all things secured as they are takem To construe an evil action well , is but a pleasing and profitable deceit for myself- , but to misconstrue a good thing is a terrible wrong—to myself , the action , and the author . —Bishop Hall . " WHEN an extravagant friend wishes to borrow your money , consider which of the two you had rather lose . "
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Collectanea.
and his voice thunder ; his limbs were changed into the four poles , his veins into rivers , his sinews into the undulations of the earth ' s surface , and his flesh into fields ; his beard , like Berenice ' s hair , was turned into stars ; his skin and hair into herbs and trees ; and his teeth , bones , and marrow , into metals , rocks , and precious stones ; his dropping sweat increased to rain ; and lastly ( naseitur ridiculus mus ) , the ' insects which stuck to his body were transformed into people . —The Middle Kingdom .
OUR SECOND CHILDHOOD . —Some one has well remarked that " it is a benevolent provision of nature that in old age the memory enjoys a second spring , and , that while we forget all passing occurrences , many of which are but painful concomitants of old age , we have a vivid and delightful recollection of all the pleasures of youth . "
" FLOWERS are the true emblems of the best and sweetest creature enjoyments of this world , for , being moderately and cautiously used , they for a long time yield sweetness to the possessor of them ; but if once the affections seize too greedily upon them , and squeeze them too hard , they quickly wither in our hands , and we lose the comfort of them . "
" WHOEVER stands upon a lofty mountain should not look merely at the gold which the morning sun pours on the grass and wild-flowers at his feet ; but he should sometimes look behind him into the deep valley where the shadows still rest , that he may the more sensibly feel that the sun is indeed a sun . "
" IT was a fine and true remark , that , ' they who will abandon a friend for an error , know but little of the human character , and prove that their hearts are as cold as their judgments are weak . '" THE Fox AND THE GRAPES . —Elderly spinster— " So you ' re going to be married , dear , are you ? Well , for my part , I think nine hundred and ninety-nine marriages out of a thousand turn out miserably ; but of course every one is the best judge of their own feelings . "
AN UNSOPHISTICATED WITNESS . —During the sessions at Wakefield , a witness was asked if he was not a husbandman , when he hesitated for a moment , then cooly replied , amid the laughter of the court , " Nae , Sir , I ' se not married . "
NOTHING NEW . —I compare me to a little wilderness , surrounded b y a high dead wall . Within this we muse and walk in quest of the new and happy , forgetting the insuperable limits , till , with surprise , we find ourselves stopped by the dead wall ; we turn away and muse , and walk again till on another side we find ourselves close against the dead wall . Whichever way we turn , still the same . —Foster .
THERE IS no word or action but that may be taken with two hands ; either with the ri ght hand of charitable construction , or , the sinister interpretation of malice and suspicion ; and all things secured as they are takem To construe an evil action well , is but a pleasing and profitable deceit for myself- , but to misconstrue a good thing is a terrible wrong—to myself , the action , and the author . —Bishop Hall . " WHEN an extravagant friend wishes to borrow your money , consider which of the two you had rather lose . "