sity, as in prosperity, a hero indeed; with the simple devotion
to duty and the rare purity of the ideal Christian Knight,--he joined
all the kingly qualities of a leader of men. It is a wondrous future
indeed that lies before America; but in her annals of the years to come,
as in those of the past, there will be found few names that can rival in
unsullied lustre that of the heroic defender of his native
Virginia,--Robert Edward Lee."

_From "Lee of Virginia_,"
--_By Edward Jennings Lee, M. D._

1105

He that visits the sick, in the hope of a legacy, I look upon him in
this to be no better than a raven, that watches a weak sheep only to
peck out the eyes of it.

--_Seneca._

1106

Leisure is sweet to those who have earned it, but burdensome to those
who get it for nothing.

1107

Full oft have letters caused the writers
To regret the day they were inditers.

1108

Letters which are sometimes warmly sealed, are often but coldly opened.

--_Richter._

1109

FOR LIBERALITY.

Though safe thou think'st thy treasure lies,
Hidden in chests from human eyes,
A fire may come, and it may be
Bury'd, my friend, as far from thee.
Thy vessel that yon ocean stems,
Loaded with golden dust and gems,
Purchased with so much pains and cost,
Yet in a tempest may be lost.
Pimps, and a lot of others,--a thankless crew,
Priests, pickpockets, and lawyers too,
All help by several ways to drain,
Thanking themselves for what they gain.
The liberal are secure alone,
For what we frankly give, forever is our own.

--_Lord Lansdowne._

1110

LIBERALITY.

The office of liberality consisteth in giving with judgment.

--_Cicero._

1111

Libraries are the wardrobes of literature.

--_James Dyer._

1112

A lie has no legs and cannot stand; but it has wings, and can fly far
and wide.

--_Bishop Warburton._

1113

Equivocation is first cousin to a lie.

1114

One lie
Demands for its support a hundred more.

1115

One lie must be thatched with