--_Dr. Dwight._

1042

KINDNESS TO INSECTS.

Let them enjoy their little day,
Their humble bliss receive;
Oh, do not lightly take away
The life thou canst not give.

1043

Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness, is a
valuable part of the business of life.

--_Dr. Johnson._

1044

A more glorious victory cannot be gained over another man than this:
that when the injury began on his part, the kindness shall begin on
ours.

1045

If you grant a favor, forget it;
If you receive one, remember it.

1046

Whoever knows how to return a kindness he has received must be a friend
above all price.

--_Philoctetes._

1047

Write injuries in the dust and kindness in marble.

1048

DEFINITIONS OF A KISS.

The seal that stamps many a future.

A woman's most effective argument.

Woman's passport to her husband's purse.

A wireless message from the lips to the heart.

1049

A kiss of the lips does not always touch the heart.

1050

Pleasant is the welcome kiss
When the day's dull round is o'er;
And sweet the music of the step
That meets us at the door.

1051

KISSING--PROPRIETY OF.

Some say that kissing's a sin;
But I think it's nane ava,
For kissing has wonn'd[1051:A] in this warld
Since ever that there was twa.
Oh! if it wasna lawfu',
Lawyers wadna allow it;
If it wasna holy,
Ministers wadna do it;
If it wasna modest,
Maidens wadna tak' it;
If it wasna plenty,
Puir folk wadna get it.

--_Burns._

FOOTNOTES:

[1051:A] Won.

1052

Knowledge is a comfortable and necessary retreat and shelter for us in
an advanced age; and if we do not plant it while young, it will give us
no shade when we grow old.

1053

Ask the young people: they know everything!

1054

A Persian philosopher being asked by what method he had acquired so much
knowledge, replied, "By not being prevented by shame from asking
questions respecting things of which I was ignorant."

1055

Knowledge is not gained on a bed of roses.

1056

If you have knowledge let others light their candles at it.

--_Fuller._