forever.

--_Chilon._

732

Gain at the expense of reputation should be called loss.

733

No pains, no gains.

--_Italian._

734

It is impossible to be just, if one is not generous.

--_Joseph Roux._

735

Justice should precede generosity.

736

Generosity should never exceed ability.

--_Cicero._

737

A GENTLEMAN.

Show me the man who can quit the brilliant society of the young and
listen to the kindly voice of age, who can hold cheerful converse with
one whom years have deprived of charms. Show me the man of generous
impulses, who is always ready to help the poor and needy; who treats
unprotected maidenhood as he would the heiress surrounded by the
protection of rank, riches and family; who never forgets for an instant
the delicacy, the respect, that is due a woman in any condition or
class. Show me such a man and you show me a gentleman--nay, more, you
show me a true Christian.

738

It's not the gay coat makes the gentleman.

739

The man who is kind and obliging and is ready to do you a favor without
hope of reward, who speaks the truth--is a gentleman,

In any garb,
And wherever he may be found.

740

Propriety of manners and consideration for others are the two main
characteristics of a gentleman.

741

REAL AND ARTIFICIAL GENTLEMEN.

A friend of mine, not long ago, coming over from Ireland, heard a man
asking, in reference to another, who he was. "I don't know," was the
reply; "but he's quite a gentleman. He always wears a tall hat." Indeed,
there are those who seem to be incapable of valuing their fellow-men by
anything except their clothes. A story is told of a Persian prince,
which well illustrates such worldliness. Dressed as a poor man, this
prince went to a feast. He was pushed here and there, could not get to
the table, and had soon to withdraw. On going home, he dressed himself
in his best, placing jewelled slippers on his feet, and putting on a
cloth-of-gold cloak. Then he returned to the feast, where matters were
immediately altered. The guests made room, and the host, rushing up,
cried, "Welcome, my lord! What will your lordship please to eat?" The
prince's answer was very expressive. Stretching out his foot, so that
his slipper spar