We often wish most for our friends when they are absent. Even in married
life love is not diminished by distance. A man, like a burning-glass,
should be placed at a certain distance from the object he wishes to
dissolve, in order that the proper focus may be obtained.--_Richter._
~Abstinence.~--Refrain to-night, and that shall lend a hand of easiness to
the next abstinence; the next more easy; for use almost can change the
stamp of nature, and either curb the devil, or throw him out with
wondrous potency.--_Shakespeare._
~Abuse.~--Abuse is not so dangerous when there is no vehicle of wit or
delicacy, no subtle conveyance. The difference between coarse and
refined abuse is as the difference between being bruised by a club and
wounded by a poisoned arrow.--_Johnson._
~Accident.~--What reason, like the careful ant, draws laboriously
together, the wind of accident collects in one brief
moment.--_Schiller._