He built a house, time laid it in the dust;
He wrote a book, its title now forgot;
He ruled a city, but his name is not
On any tablet graven, or where rust
Can gather from disuse, or marble bust.
He took a child from out a wretched cot,
Who on the state dishonor might have brought,
And reared him to the Christian's hope and trust.
The boy to manhood grown, became a light
To many souls, preached for human need
The wondrous love of the Omnipotent.
The work has multiplied like stars at night
When darkness deepens; every noble deed
Lasts longer, than a granite monument.
--_Sarah H. Bolton._
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"He wishes well" is worthless, unless the deed go with it.
--_Plautus._
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_Deformed._--Mock not at those who are misshapen by nature. He that
despiseth them despiseth God that made them.
--_Dr. Fuller._
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Away with delay! it always injures those that are prepared.
--_Lucan._
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Do not delay: the golden moments fly!
--_Longfellow._
455
True delicacy, that most beautiful heart-leaf of humanity, exhibits
itself most significantly in little things.
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Nothing prevents our being natural so much as the desire to appear so.
--_Rochefoucauld._
457
Remember that your dependents have seldom a full power of replying to
you; and let the recollection of that make you especially considerate in
your dealings with them.
--_Sir Arthur Helps._
458
Honorable descent is in all nations greatly esteemed; besides, it is to
be expected that the children of men of worth will be like their
fathers.
--_Aristotle._
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When any great design thou dost intend,
Think on the means, the manner, and the end.
--_Sir J. Denham._
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The desires of man increase with his acquisitions.
--_Dr. Johnson._
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