There is something grand, even to awfulness, in the thought of utter
helplessness which you feel at sea. Sky and water--with no living thing
visible over the vast expanse--for days together just your own vessel
with its human freight--and God! To a thoughtful mind there is no surer
teaching both of humility and trust.
--_Punshon._
1700
Old people see best in the distance.
--_German._
1701
'Tis in my memory lock'd,
And you yourself shall keep the key of it.
--_Shakespeare._
1702
A secret is seldom safe in more than one breast.
1703
What is known to three is usually known to everybody.
1704
Those who enquire much into the affairs of others are seldom capable of
retaining the secret that they learn; Therefore,
Shun the inquisitive and curious man,
For what he hears, he will relate again.
1705
To keep your own secrets is wisdom; but to expect others to keep them is
folly.
--_Holmes._
1706
Secrets make a dungeon of the heart, and a jailer of its owner.
1707
Where secrecy or mystery begins, vice or roguery is not far off.
--_Johnson._
1708
Be able at all times to yield your personal preference.
--_Gestfeld._
1709
Be what your friends think you are; avoid being what your enemies say
you are.
1710
Wouldst thou be crowned monarch of a little world, command thyself.
1711