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WHAT a chimæra is man! what a confused chaos! what a subject of contradiction! A professed judge of all things, and yet a feeble worm of the earth! the great depositary and guardian of truth, and yet a mere huddle of uncertainty the glory and the scandal of the universe!

Pascal.

In a contracted sphere, a noble man

Cannot develop all his mental powers.

Byron.

On him his country and the world must work,

He must endure both censure and applause,

Must be compelled to estimate aright himself and others.

Talents are nurtured best in solitude,

But character on life's tempestuous sea.
He only fears mankind who knows them not,
And he will soon misjudge them who avoids.

Goethe.

Goethe.

Best men are moulded out of faults.

Shakspeare.

Strange is the heart of man, with its quick, mysterious instincts,

Strange is the life of man, and fatal or fated are moments Whereupon turn as on hinges the gates of the walls

adamantine.

Longfellow.

He alone is wise who can accommodate himself to all the contingencies of life, but the fool contends, and is struggling like a swimmer against the stream.

Latin Proverb.

The eagle of one house is the fool in another.

Man lives only to shiver and perspire.

Not always actions show the man.

Sydney Smith.

Who does a kindness is not therefore kind;
Perhaps prosperity becalmed his breast,
Perhaps the wind just shifted from the east.
Not therefore humble he who seeks retreat;
Pride guides his steps and bids him shun the great.
Who combats bravely is not therefore brave,
He dreads a death-bed like the meanest slave;
Who reasons wisely is not therefore wise;
His pride in reasoning, not in acting, lies.

Pope.

A stoop in the shoulders sinks a man in public and

private estimation.

Hazlitt.

One foolish act may undo a man,

make his fortune.

and a timely one

What is commonly called an absent man is commonly either a weak or a very affected man.

Chesterfield.

Though a small draught of philosophy may lead a man. into atheism, a deep draught will certainly bring him back again to the belief in a God.

Bacon.

Passionate men, like fleet hounds, overrun the scent, and he that shows his passion tells his enemy where he may hit him.

He who ascends to mountain-tops shall find

The loftiest peaks most wrapped in clouds and snow; He who surpasses or subdues mankind,

Must look down on the hate of those below.

To all the sons of sense proclaim,
One glorious hour of crowded life

Is worth an age without a name.

Byron.

A slave has but one master; the ambitious man has as many masters as there are persons whose aid may contribute to the advancement of his fortune.

La Bruyère.

There are depths in man that go the lengths of lowest hell, as there are heights that reach highest heaven; for are not both heaven and hell made out of him, made by him, everlasting miracle and mystery that he is?

Carlyle.