We cannot change yesterday--that is clear,--
Or begin on to-morrow until it is here;
So all that is left for you, and me,
Is to make to-day as sweet as can be.
1574
Many delight more in giving of presents than in paying their debts.
--_Sir Philip Sidney._
1575
People who strive to appear to be what they are not, only succeed in
being nothing.
1576
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
1577
Thou art proud; believest thou thyself to be one of the more exalted
beings?
1578
Proud people seldom have friends. In prosperity they know nobody; in
adversity nobody knows them.
1579
Never be too much elated.
--_From the Latin._
1580
How little do they know of human nature, who imagine, that pride is
likely to be subdued by adversity.
--_Sir Arthur Helps._
1581
Be unable at all times to forsake your principles.
1582