1057

Men may acquire knowledge, but not wisdom. Some of the greatest fools
the world has known have been learned men.

1058

I have never yet found a man who did not know something of which I was
ignorant.

1059

If we do not plant it (knowledge) when young, it will give us no shade
when we are old.

1060

Knowledge without practice is like a glass eye, all for show, and
nothing for use.

1061

_Johnson_:--I remember very well when I was at Oxford, an old gentleman
said to me,--"Young man, ply your book diligently now, and acquire a
stock of knowledge; for when years come upon you, you will find that
poring upon books will be but an irksome task."

--_Boswell's Johnson._

1062

The Earl of Morton said at John Knox's grave,--
"He lies there who never feared the face of man."

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1063

LABOR.

The beauty and blessedness of labor are finely presented by John
Greenleaf Whittier:--

Give fools their gold, and knaves their power;
Let fortune's bubbles rise and fall;
Who sows a field, or trains a flower,
Or plants a tree, is more than all.

For he who blesses most is blest;
And God and man shall own his worth
Who toils to leave, as his bequest
An added beauty to the earth.

1064

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

1065

The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of all pleasures.

--_Vauvenargues._

1066

I have also seen the world, and after long experience have discovered
that ennui is our greatest enemy, and remunerative labor our most
lasting friend.

--_Moser._

1067

LABOR.

Some relaxation is necessary to people of every degree; the head that
thinks, and the hand that labors, must have some little time to recruit
their diminished powers.

--_Gilpin._

1068

None so little enjoy life, and are such burdens to themselves, as those
who have nothing to do. The active only have the true relish of life. He
who knows not what it is to labor, knows not what it is to enjoy. It is
exertion that renders rest delightful, and sleep sweet, and undisturbed.

1069

A LABORING SCARECROW.

Two old farmers were walking up a road near Dunfermline, when one of the
pair, shading his eyes from the su