Part 17

It is the characteristic of folly to discern the faults of others and to forget one's own.

CICERO.

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What is it to be a gentleman? It is to be honest, to be gentle, to be generous, to be brave, to be wise, and, possessing all these qualities, to exercise them in the most graceful outward manner.

THACKERAY.

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Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me. POPE.

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"The Persians say of noisy, unreasonable talk: 'I hear the noise of the mill-stone, but I see no meal.'"

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We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain.

ALGER.

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It is much easier to be critical than correct.

BEACONSFIELD.

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"'I am busy, Johnnie, and can't help it,' said the father, writing away when the little fellow hurt his finger. 'Yes, you could--you might have said oh!' sobbed Johnnie. There's a Johnnie in tears inside all of us upon occasions."

REV. W. C. GANNETT.

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"You cannot prevent the birds of sadness from flying over your head, but you may prevent them from stopping to build their nests there."

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In general society one should always avoid discussions upon two subjects--religion and politics. In a discussion upon either of these subjects you will find very little intellectual honesty, and it will almost invariably lead to irritating differences of opinion.

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A gentleman is one who understands and shows every mark of deference to the claims of self-love in others and exacts it in return from them.

HAZLITT.

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"There is no real conflict between truth and politeness; what is imagined to be such is only the crude mistake of those who fail to discover their harmony. Politeness, taken in its best sense, is the graceful expression of respect, kind feeling, and good will."

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