It is not the death that makes the martyr, but the cause.--_Canon Dale._

It is admirable to die the victim of one's faith; it is sad to die the

dupe of one's ambition.--_Lamartine._

God discovers the martyr and confessor without the trial of flames and

tortures, and will hereafter entitle many to the reward of actions which

they had never the opportunity of performing.--_Addison._

~Matrimony.~--When a man and woman are married their romance ceases and

their history commences.--_Rochebrune._

It resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated;

often moving in opposite directions, yet always punishing any one who

comes between them.--_S. Smith._

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