~Dependence.~--The beautiful must ever rest in the arms of the sublime.
The gentle needs the strong to sustain it, as much as the rock-flowers
need rocks to grow on, or the ivy the rugged wall which it
embraces.--_Mrs. Stowe._
Thou shalt know by experience how salt the savor is of other's bread,
and how sad a path it is to climb and descend another's
stairs.--_Dante._
How beautifully is it ordered, that as many thousands work for one, so
must every individual bring his labor to make the whole! The highest is
not to despise the lowest, nor the lowest to envy the highest; each must
live in all and by all. Who will not work, neither shall he eat. So God
has ordered that men, being in need of each other, should learn to love
each other and bear each other's burdens.--_G. A. Sala._
We are never without a pilot. When we know not how to steer, and dare
not hoist a sail, we can drift. The current knows the way, though we do
not. The ship of heaven guides itself, and will not accept a wooden
rudder.--_Emerson._
~Desire.~--It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all
that follow it.--_Franklin._