husband cools, or if she rules, never shows she rules." All things are difficult before they are easy. We live longer than our forefathers, but we suffer more from a thousand artificial anxieties and cares. They fatigued only the muscles, we exhaust the finer strength (of the) nerves. Whoever tells a man, and more especially a woman, that she is out of humor and angry, even if the accusation be untrue, often causes her to-pay it back in truth. "For there is nothing easier than to become what people deem that we are."-Richter. Social intercourse of the right kind is a material aid to success. EXERCISE 16. The first step to wisdom is to-be free from folly. It-is-not what we read but what we remember, that makes (us) wise. Notwithstanding the wonderful virtues everywhere ascribed to four-leaved clover, it-is-said that the finder of five-leaved will have bad luck. He that desires but what he may, may have what he desires. "From everything I see I could some instruction draw."-G. Wither. "I remember, I remember, the fir trees dark and high; I used to think their tiny tops were close against the sky. It was a childish ignorance, but now 'tis little joy, To know I'm farther off from heaven than when I was a boy." Hood. "All should unite to punish the ungrateful : ingratitude is treason to mankind.". Thomson. "Whilst you are prosperous you can number many friends; but when the storm comes you are left alone."-Ovid. "Too much gravity argues a shallow mind."-Lavater. "How absolute and omnipotent is the silence of night! and yet the stillness seems almost audible! From all-the measureless depths of air around us comes a half-sound, a half-whisper, as if we could hear the crumbling and falling away of earth and all created things, in-the great miracle of nature, decay and reproduction ever begining, never ending, the gradual lapse and running of-the sand in-the great hour glass of time."-Longfellow. When people's feelings have got a deadly wound, they can't be cured with favors. EXERCISE 17. "Consider the wisdom and happiness which is found among a swarm of bees; the pattern to all human society. There is perfect subordination; no time is lost in disputing or questioning; but business goes forward with cheerfulness at every opportunity, and the great object is the common interest. All are armed for defence and ready for work; so that in every member (of the) community, the two characters of the soldier and the laborer are united. "If you look to the fruits of this wise economy, you find a store of honey for them to feed upon, when the summer is past, and the days of labor are finished."-Jones. "A lover of natural history cannot, I-think, be a bad man, as (the) very study of it tends to promote a calmness and serenity of mind favorable to the reception of grateful and holy thoughts (of the) great and good parent (of the) universe. He cannot be a cruel man, because he will be unwilling wantonly to destroy even an insect, when he perceives how exquisitely each of them is contrived, and how curiously each of them is made for-the station it-is destined to fill in-the Animal world."Jesse. "All animals are distrustful of man, and with reason, but when once assured that he does not mean to injure them, their confidence becomes so great that he must be worse than a barbarian who abuses it."-Rousseau. "Oh! long and sweet recompense of toil! where is on earth the rapture like that which is known to genius when at last it bursts from its hidden cave into light and fame."-Lord Lytton. EXERCISE 18. DISCRETION:-"Of all-the qualities (of the) mind, none is more useful than discretion. It is this indeed which gives a value to all-the rest, which sets them at work in their proper times, and places, and turns them to the advantage (of the) person who is possessed of them. Cunning is the mimic of discretion, and sometimes passes on weak men in the same manner as vicacity does for wit, of gravity for wisdom. Discretion points out the noblest ends to us, and pursues the proper and laudable methods of attaining them; it-is-the perfection of reason, and is only found in men of strong sense and good understanding; whereas cunning is only an accomplishment of little, mean, ungenerous minds. The discreet man carries his thoughts to-the end of every action, and considers the most distant as-well-as the most immediate effects of it; his schemes are large and glorious, his conduct suitable to one who knows his true interest, and how to pursue it by proper methods."Addison. "The shallow man, pleased with what he has acquired, and ignorant of what further might be acquired, is satisfied and positive, and decides atonce; while those who are further advanced see a vast field of knowledge open before them, of which they are sensible that they can explore only a very small part; and by taking an enlarged view of things, and observing how often they have been deceived by considering them in a false light, are taught to-be cautious, and to avoid being positive, where they are sensible their knowledge is imperfect. Ignorance alone pretends to infallibility, and it-is indeed difficult to convince ignorance of a mistake." -Miss Bowdler. EXERCISE 19. PERSEVERANCE :-Is a virtue, essential to the man who wishes to pass the limit of mediocrity. The Victory is not always gained by the strong; the constant and persevering, though possessed of little or no talent, have often in-the race of human life overtaken the more fortunate by birth and education, and like the tortoise in the fable, outstripped them while asleep. Ordinary men, as an excuse for not attempting great things, declare that they have not the necessary abilities, instead of trying what they can-do with-the abilities they possess. This excuse is made so often, that I believe instances may-be found in every town and village in Great-Britain. It-maybe useful to relate for-the benefit of such the following anecdote:-I was acquainted when young, with a tall, arkward, looking lad of about 17 years-of-age who could not read the alphabet, he was of extremely poor parentage, and having no regular employment it seemed as if his hopes of worldly success were very small. He formed an intimacy, however, with a person who could read and write a little, and after sometime, he wished that person to teach him to read. His wish was complied with; and this tall awkward lad at last became a merchant, had a warehouse of-his own, and did a very good trade in Manchester goods. After he had learned to read he taught himself writing and arithmetic, got employment, and speedily emerged from his original obscurity into his present position. He was entirely unassisted, and totally dependent on his own resources from beginning to end, although this is-the most remarkable, yet it-is-not EXERCISE 20. PERSEVERANCE CONTINUED: -the only case which has come under my own observation; and there has, no doubt, been many such cases, which were never particularly noticed by anyone, but although many men have a disposition to push themselves forward in the world, they will not use the means; they stand discontentedly watching the vigorous operations of some of their fellows, and refuse to give themselves the slightest inconvenience; whilest if they only followed their example, they might soon obtain all that they want, and probably reap a harvest of reward far above what they sought. -Cassell's Popular Educator. Speaking of the soul Sir John Denham says: Yet under heaven she cannot light on ought, |