Perhaps one of the most noteworthy characteristics of Methodists is the
spirit of clannishness which runs through the whole body. Is any sick,
the rest are eager to pray; is any merry, the rest are delighted to sing
psalms; and they will not only pray and sing in sympathy, which is
comparatively easy, but they are ready to spend, and to be spent, for
the brethren to almost any extent. Men may know that they are Methodists
from the love they have one to another.
Through whatsoever ill betide
For you I will be spent and spend:
I'll stand forever by your side,
And naught shall you and me divide,
Because you are my friend.
--_Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler._
1345
Where might is right, right is not upright.
--_From the German._
1346
It is indicative of a weak mind to be much depressed by adversity or
elated by prosperity.
1347
A well-governed mind learns in time, to find pleasure in nothing but the
true and the just.
--_Amiel._
1348
Overtasking the mind is an unwise act; when nature is unwilling, the
labour is vain.
--_Seneca._
1349
Who fills his mind with matters small
For great things has no room at all.
1350
When the mind is in a state of uncertainty, the smallest impulse directs
it to either side.
--_Terence._
1351