VARIETIES.
Some Gaelic Proverbs.
Most shallow—most noisy.
The eye of a friend is an unerring mirror.
Oft has the wise advice proceeded from the mouth of folly.
As a man’s own life, so is his judgment of the lives of others.
God cometh in the time of distress, and it is no longer distress when He comes.
The fortunate man awaits and he shall arrive in peace; the unlucky hastens and evil shall be his fate.
Life and Death.
I live, and yet I know not why,Unless it be I live to die:I die—and dying live in vain,Unless I die to live again.
I live, and yet I know not why,Unless it be I live to die:I die—and dying live in vain,Unless I die to live again.
I live, and yet I know not why,Unless it be I live to die:I die—and dying live in vain,Unless I die to live again.
I live, and yet I know not why,
Unless it be I live to die:
I die—and dying live in vain,
Unless I die to live again.
An Absolute Certainty.—Amid the mysteries which become the more mysterious the more they are thought about, there will remain the one absolute certainty that man is ever in presence of an Infinite and Eternal Energy from which all things proceed.
Passing an Examination.
Here is how Professor William James of Harvard, in his student days, passed an examination before the late Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes.
The first question put to him was as to the nerves at the base of the brain. It so happened that Mr. James was well up in the subject, and he promptly gave an exhaustive reply.
“Oh, well, if you know that you know everything,” said Dr. Holmes cheerfully. “Let’s talk about something else. How are all your people at home?”