~Moderation.~--Till men have been some time free, they know not how to use
their freedom. The natives of wine countries are generally sober. In
climates where wine is a rarity intemperance abounds. A newly liberated
people may be compared to a Northern army encamped on the Rhine or the
Xeres. It is said that, when soldiers in such a situation first find
themselves able to indulge without restraint in such a rare and
expensive luxury, nothing is to be seen but intoxication. Soon, however,
plenty teaches discretion; and after wine has been for a few months
their daily fare, they become more temperate than they had ever been in
their own country. In the same manner, the final and permanent fruits of
liberty are wisdom, moderation, and mercy.--_Macaulay._
The superior man wishes to be slow in his words, and earnest in his
conduct.--_Confucius._
Let a man take time enough for the most trivial deed, though it be but
the paring of his nails. The buds swell imperceptibly, without hurry or
confusion; as if the short spring days were an eternity.--_Thoreau._
It is a little stream which flows softly, but freshens everything along
its course.--_Madame Swetchine._
~Modesty.~--False modesty is the last refinement of vanity. It is a
lie.--_Bruyere._
The first of all virtues is innocence; the next is modesty. If we banish
Modesty out of the world, she carries away with her half the virtue that
is in it.--_Addison._