INDUSTRY.

Ar the working man's house hunger looks in, but dares not enter; nor will the bailiff or the constable enter, for industry pays debts, as despair increaseth them.

INDUSTRY AND HOPE.

INDUSTRY needs not wish, and he that lives upon hope will die fasting.

INTEGRITY.

In all things preserve integrity; and the consciousness of thine own uprightness will alleviate the toil of business, soften the hardness of ill success and disappointments, and give thee an humble confidence before God, when the ingratitude of man or the iniquity of the times may rob thee of other reward.

GOING TO LAW.

GOING to law is losing a cow for the sake of a cat.— Chinese proverb.

LIBERALITY.

LIBERALITY consists not so much in giving a great deal as in giving seasonably.

A PURPOSE IN LIVING.

THE man who lives in vain, lives worse than in vain. He who lives to no purpose, lives to a bad purpose.

LITTLE THINGS TEST THE CHARACTER.

MANY men fail in life from the want, as they are too ready to suppose, of those great occasions wherein they ought to have shown their trustworthiness and integrity. But all such persons should remember that, in order to try whether a vessel be leaky, we first prove it with water before we trust it with wine. The more minute, trivial, and, we may say, vernacular opportunities of being just and upright, are constantly occurring to every one; and it is an unimpeachable character in these lesser things, that almost invariably prepares and produces those very opportunities of greater advancement, and of higher confidence, which turn out so rich a harvest, but which those alone are permitted to reap who have previously sown.

TRUE MANLINESS.

It is not by books alone, or chiefly, that one becomes in all points a man. Study to do faithfully every duty that comes in your way. Stand to your post; silently devour the chagrins of life; love justice; control self; swerve not from truth or right; be a man of decision, rectitude, and conscientiousness- —one that fears and obeys God, and exercises benevolence to all; and in all this you shall possess true manliness.

WHAT ENERGY WILL DO.

ENERGY will do any thing that can be done in this world; and no talent, no circumstances, no opportunities, will make a two-legged animal without it.

WHAT IS GOOD MANNERS?

GOOD manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse; whoever makes the fewest persons uneasy, is the best bred man in company.

TRUE MERIT.

TRUE merit, like a river, the deeper it is the less noise it makes.

ETERNITY OF MEMORY.

Ir is a terrible thought that nothing is ever forgottenthat not an oath is uttered that does not continue to vibrate through all time in the wide-spreading current of soundthat not a prayer is lisped that its record is not to be found stamped on the laws of nature, by the indelible seal of the Almighty's will.

ALWAYS HAVE METHOD.

METHOD goes far to prevent trouble in business, for it makes the task easy, hinders confusion, saves abundance of time, and instructs those who have business depending what to do and what to hope.

HOW TO INCREASE MONEY.

REMEMBER that money is of a prolific, generating nature. Money can beget money, and its offspring can beget more, and so on. Five shillings turned is six; turned again, it is seven and threepence; and so on until it becomes a hundred pounds. The more there is of it, the more it produces every turning, so that the profits rise quicker and quicker. He that kills a breeding sow destroys all her offspring to the thousandth generation. He that murders a crown destroys all that it might have produced, even scores of pounds.

NARROW-MINDEDNESS.

Ir is with narrow-souled people as with narrow-necked bottles-the less they have in them, the more noise they make in pouring it out.

ADVANTAGE OF OCCUPATION.

I HAVE lived to know that the great secret of human happiness is this, Never suffer your energies to stagnate. The old adage of too many irons in the fire conveys an untruth. You cannot have too many-poker, tongs, and allkeep them all going.

DISCIPLINE THE PASSIONS.

THE passions may be humoured till they become our master-as a horse may be pampered till he gets the better of his rider; but early discipline will prevent mutiny, and keep the helm in the hands of reason.

GREATNESS OF PERSEVERANCE.

GREAT works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance. Yonder palace was raised by single stones, yet you see its height and spaciousness. He that shall walk with vigour three hours a-day, will pass in seven years a space equal to the circumference of the globe.

POLITENESS IN LIFE.

THERE is no policy like politeness; and a good manner is the best thing in the world, either to get a good name or to supply the want of it.

Politeness is like an air-cushion-there may be nothing in it, but it eases our jolts wonderfully.

POVERTY NO DISGRACE.

'Tis an ill thing to be ashamed of one's poverty, but much more not to make lawful endeavours to avoid it.

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POVERTY OF MIND.

It is always a sign of poverty of mind where men are ever aiming to appear great; for they who are really great never seem to know it.

PROSPERITY AND ADVERSITY.

IN prosperity prepare for a change; in adversity hope for

one.

ALWAYS BE PUNCTUAL.

I COULD never think well of a man's intellectual or moral character if he was habitually unfaithful to his appointments. Appointments once made become debts. If I have made an appointment with you, I owe you punctuality; I have no right to throw away your time if I do my own.

VALUE OF A GOOD REPUTATION,

REGARD your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of; for credit is like fire, when once you have kindled it, you may easily preserve it; but, if you once extinguish it, you will find it an arduous task to rekindle it again.

POWER OF RESOLUTION.

"RESOLUTION," says John Foster, "is omnipotent." He that resolves upon any great, and at the same time good end, by that very resolution has scaled the chief barrier to it. He will find it removing difficulties, searching out or making means, giving courage for despondency, and strength for weakness; and, like the star in the East to the wise men of old, ever guiding him nearer and nearer to the sum of all perfection.