So let us live that, if misfortune's blast

Come like a whirlwind to our hearths at last, Sunbeams may break from one small spot of blue, To guide us safe life's dreary desert through.

J. T. Fields.

Honesty.

THE first step toward greatness is to be honest, says the proverb; but the proverb fails to state the case strong enough. Honesty is not only "the first step toward greatness "—it is greatness itself.

Bovee.

Socrates being asked the way to honest fame said, "Study to be what you wish to seem."

John Bate.

The man who is so conscious of the rectitude of his intentions as to be willing to open his bosom to the inspection of the world, is in possession of one of the strongest pillars of a decided character. The course of such a man will be firm and steady, because he has nothing to fear from the world, and is sure of the approbation and support of Heaven.

Wirt.

It would be an unspeakable advantage, both to the public and private, if men would consider that great truth, that no man is wise or safe but he that is honest. Sir Walter Raleigh.

An honest man is able to speak for himself, when a knave is not.

Shakespeare.

The more honesty a man has, the less he affects the air of a saint.

but

Lavater.

Prefer loss before unjust gain; for that brings grief once, this for ever.

Chilo.

Lands mortgaged may return, and more esteemed, But honesty, once pawned, is ne'er redeemed.

Thomas Middleton.

Formed on the good old plan,

A true, and brave, and downright honest man!
He blew no trumpet in the market-place,
Nor in the church, with hypocritic face,
Supplied with cant the lack of Christian grace;
Loathing pretense, he did with cheerful will
What others talked of, while their hands were still.

Whittier.

Honor.

HONOR is like the eye, which can not suffer the least impurity without damage; it is a precious stone, the price of which is lessened by the least flaw. Bossuet.

Honor hath three things in it-the vantage-ground to do good, the approach to kings and principal persons, and the raising of a man's own fortunes.

Bacon.

Honor is but the reflection of a man's own actions shining bright in the face of all about him, and thence rebounding upon himself.

South.

Hope.

HOPE is the last thing that dies in man, and, though it be exceedingly deceitful, yet it is of this good use to us that, while we are traveling through life, it conducts us in an easier and more pleasant way to our journey's end. Rochefoucauld.

Hope is like the wing of an angel, soaring up to heaven, and bearing our prayers to the throne of God. Jeremy Taylor.

Hope is the chief blessing of man; and that hope only is rational of which we are sensible that it can not deceive us. Johnson.

Hope is the best part of our riches. What sufficeth it that we have the wealth of the Indies in our pockets, if we have not the hope of heaven in our souls?

Bovee.

Hope is like the sun which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.

Samuel Smiles.

Reflected in the lake, I love
To mark the star of evening glow;
So tranquil in the heaven above,

So restless on the wave below!

Thus heavenly hope is all serene;

But earthly hope-how bright soe'er-
Still fluctuates o'er this changing scene,
As false and fleeting as 'tis fair.

C. H. Townshend.

Oh, what were life,

Even in the warm and summer light of joy,
Without those hopes, that, like refreshing gales
At evening from the sea, come o'er the soul,
Breathed from the ocean of Eternity!

And, oh! without them who could bear the storms
That fall in roaring blackness o'er the waters
Of agitated life! Then hopes arise

All round our sinking souls, like those fair birds,
O'er whose soft plumes the tempest hath no power,
Waving their snow-white wings amid the darkness,
And wiling us, with gentle motion, on

To some calm island, on whose silvery strand
Dropping at once, they fold their silent pinions,
And, as we touch the shores of paradise,

In love and beauty walk around our feet.

Wilson.

Humility.

HUMILITY is the Christian's greatest honor; and the higher men climb, the farther they are from heaven.

Burder.

The sufficiency of my merit is to know my merit is

not sufficient.

St. Augustine.

Modest humility is beauty's crown, for the beautiful is a hidden thing and shrinks from its own power.

Schiller.

It is in vain to gather virtues without humility; for the spirit of God delighteth to dwell in the hearts of the humble.

Erasmus.

If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble: for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, so it is beloved of none but by itself; the voice of humility is God's music, and the silence of humility is God's rhetoric. Humility enforces where neither virtue nor strength can prevail nor reason.

Lowliness is the base of every virtue,

Quarles,

And he who goes the lowest builds the safest.

P. J. Bailey.

Keen are the pangs

Advancement often brings. To be secure,

Be humble. To be happy, be content.

J. Hurdis.

The saint that wears heaven's brightest crown,

In deepest adoration bends;

The weight of glory bows him down.

Then most when most his soul ascends;

Nearest the throne itself must be

The footstool of Humility.

Montgomery.