my jewels are my children, my husband, and his triumphs."

1012

MOTHER'S JEWELS.

A lady who was very rich, and fond of pomp and show, after having
displayed, in a visit she made, her diamonds, pearls, and richest
jewels, earnestly desired Cornelia, the illustrious, to let her see her
jewels also. Cornelia dexterously turned the conversation to another
subject, to wait the return of her sons, who were gone to the public
schools. When they returned and entered their mother's apartment, she
said to the rich lady, pointing to them with her hand, "These are my
jewels, and the only ornaments I admire."

1013

JOY.

When you first saw the light of this world you were crying, and your
friends were full of joy;--Live, so, that when you die, your friends
will cry and you will be full of joy.

1014

Of joys departed,
Not to return, how painful the remembrance!

--_R. Blair._

1015

I cannot speak, tears so obstruct my words,
And choke me with unutterable joy.

--_Otway._

1016

Joy when it's shared, its pleasure doubles,
And sorrow, loses half its troubles.

1017

_Johnson_: "It is commonly a weak man who marries for love." We then
talked of marrying women of fortune; and I (Boswell) mentioned a common
remark, that a man may be, upon the whole, richer by marrying a woman
with a very small portion, because a woman of fortune will be
proportionally expensive; whereas a woman who brings none will be very
moderate in expenses. _Johnson_: "Depend upon it, Sir, this is not true.
A woman of fortune, being used to the handling of money, spends it
judiciously; but a woman who gets the command of money for the first
time upon her marriage, has such a gust in spending it, that she throws
it away with great profusion."

--_Boswell's Johnson._

1018

Never risk a joke, even the least offensive in its nature and the most
common, with a person who is not well-bred, or possessed of sense to
comprehend it.

--_La Bruyere._

1019

A CONSCIENTIOUS JUDGE.

Sir Matthew Hale was very exact and impartial in his administration of
justice. One of the first peers of England went once to his chamber and
told him--"That having a suit in law to be tried before him, he was
there t