Hugo Grotius born 1583.
William Hazlitt born 1778.
General Lew Wallace born 1827.
General William Booth born 1829.
The essence of happy living is never to find life dull, never to
feel the ugly weariness which comes of overstrain; to be fresh,
cheerful, leisurely, sociable, unhurried, well-balanced. It seems to
me impossible to be these things unless we have time to consider
life a little, to deliberate, to select, to abstain.
--Arthur C. Benson.
Four things come not back--the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past
life, the neglected opportunity.
--William Hazlitt.
Wherefore, brethren, give the more diligence to make your calling
and election sure.
--2 Peter 1. 10.
My Father, may I not miss my work through indifference and feel it is
thy neglect of me. May I be reminded that the enrichment of life comes
through persistency and being consistent, and may not be found on the
idle paths of extravagant ways. Help me to take up my work with a
willing spirit and give my best to it. Amen.