le and to trip.

--_Colton._

976

_Fickleness._--Was ever feather so lightly blown to and fro, as this Mr.
---- ----?

--_Shakespeare._

977

Mankind is made up of inconsistencies.

978

BEGIN IT.

Lose this day loitering, 'twill be the same story
To-morrow, and the next more dilatory;
True indecision brings its own delays.
And days are lost, lamenting over days.
Are you in earnest? Seize the very minute;
What you can do, or think you can, begin it;
Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.
Only begin it and the mind grows heated;
Begin it, and the work will be completed.--

--_Goethe._

979

I hate dependence on another's will,
Which changes with the breath of ev'ry whisper,
Just as the sky and weather with the winds:
With the winds, as they blow east or west,
To make his temper pleasant or unpleasant.

--_Crown._

980

INDEPENDENCE--CHECKED.

If any man can do without the world, it is certain the world can do
quite as well without him.

--_Hazlitt._

981

Living to-day on tomorrow's salary is a sure sign of financial
indigestion.

982

Seek not every quality in one individual.

983

That is the best gown that goes most up and down the house.

984

THE INEVITABLE.

I like the man who faces what he must,
With steps triumphant and a heart of cheer;
Who fights the daily battle without fear;
Sees his hopes fail, yet keeps unfaltering trust
That God is God, that somehow, true and just,
His plans work out for mortals; not a tear
Is shed when fortune, which the world holds dear,
Falls from his grasp; better with love a crust
Than living in dishonor; envies not,
Nor loses faith in man; but does his best,
Nor murmurs at his humble lot;
But with a smile and words of hope, give zest
To every toiler. He alone is great
Who by a life heroic conquers fate.

--_Sarah K. Bolton._

985

The smiles of infants are said to be the first-fruits of human reason.

--_Hudson._

986

THE NEW-COMER.