"As an illustration of the enthusiasm with which golf is pursued by its
votaries," says _Harper's Weekly_, "the following anecdote is told of a
well known Scotch author, and a young friend of his. The two had spent
the whole day on the links, and had had some close and exciting matches;
as they left for home the elder man remarked:
"'Do you think ye could play again to-morrow, laddie?'
"'Well,' answered the youth, 'I was going to be married to-morrow, but I
can put it off.'"
768
All things come round to him who will but wait and work.
769
Every person is responsible for all the good within the scope of his
abilities.
770
Doing good is the only certainly happy action of a man's life.
--_Sir P. Sidney._
771
The pleasure of doing good is the only one that never wears out.
772
The good we have received from a man requires us to be tender of the
evil he does us.
773
Seeking others' good, we find our own.
774
What is the difference between being good and bad? The good do not yield
to temptations, and the bad do.
The definition was so simple and so wise, that Leonard was more struck
with it than he might have been by an elaborate sermon.
--_Sir E. B. Lytton, Bart._
775