they cannot compass it. It must exist in the man, in the subject, and
in the occasion.--WEBSTER.

There is as much eloquence in the tone of voice, in the eyes, and in
the air of a speaker, as in his choice of words.--LA ROCHEFOUCAULD.

EMPLOYMENT.--Life will frequently languish, even in the hands of the
busy, if they have not some employment subsidiary to that which forms
their main pursuit.--BLAIR.

The rust rots the steel which use preserves.--LYTTON.

Indolence is stagnation; employment is life.--SENECA.

The devil does not tempt people whom he finds suitably employed.
--JEREMY TAYLOR.

Employment, which Galen calls "nature's physician," is so essential to
human happiness, that indolence is justly considered as the mother of
misery.--BURTON.

ENTHUSIASM.--Enthusiasm is the height of man; it is the passing from
the human to the divine.--EMERSON.

Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.
--BEACONSFIELD.

Let us recognize the beauty and power of true enthusiasm; and whatever
we may do to enlighten ourselves and others, guard against checking or
chilling a single earnest sentiment.--TUCKERMAN.

Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm; it moves stones, it charms
brutes. Enthusiasm is the genius of sincerity, and truth accomplishes
no victories without it.--LYTTON.

Every great and commanding movement in the annals of the world is the
triumph of enthusiasm.--EMERSON.

The most enthusiastic man in a cause is rarely chosen as a leader.
--ARTHUR HELPS.

Let us beware of losing our enthusiasms. Let us ever glory in
something, and strive to retain our admiration for all that would
ennoble, and our interest in all that would enrich and beautify our
life.--PHILLIPS BROOKS.

ENVY.--There is not a passion so strongly rooted in the human heart as
envy.--SHERIDAN.

An envious man waxeth lean with the fatness of his neighbors. Envy is
the daughter of pride, the author of murder and revenge, the beginner
of secret sedition and the perpetual tormentor of virtue. Envy is the
filthy slime of the soul; a venom, a poison, or quicksilver which
consumeth the flesh and drieth up the marrow of the bones.--SOCRATES.

As a moth gnaws a garment, so doth envy consume a man.--ST. CHRYSOSTOM.

We ought to be guarded against every appearance of envy, as a passion
that always implies inferiority wherever it resides.--PLINY.

Base envy withers at another's joy,
And hates that excellence it can