ors!

1435

Say not unto thy neighbor, Go, and come again, and to-morrow I will
give; when thou hast it by thee.

--_Proverbs 3, 28v._

1436

_Very Few Live by Choice._--Every man is placed in his present condition
by causes which acted without his foresight, and with which he did not
always willingly co-operate; and therefore you will rarely meet one who
does not think the lot of his neighbor better than his own.

--_Dr. Johnson in Rasselas._

1437

We ought to do at once and without delay whatever we owe to our
neighbors; to make them wait for what is due to them, is the essence of
injustice.

1438

A BIRD'S NEST.

It wins my admiration
To view the structure of this little work--
A bird's nest. Mark it well, within, without;
No tool had he that wrought; no knife to cut,
No nail to fix, no bodkin to insert,
No glue to join; his little beak was all;
And yet how neatly finished!--What nice hand,
And every implement and means of art,
And twenty years' apprenticeship to boot,
Could make me such another? Fondly then
We boast of excellence, whose noblest skill
Instinctive genius foils.

--_Hurdis._

1439

The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is
done, is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the
sun.

--_Ecclesiastes 1, 9v._

1440

He knocks boldly at the door who brings good news.

1441

The most ridiculous nicknames are often the most adhesive.

--_Haliburton._

1442

Coolness and counsel come in the night, and both are of God.

--_Arab Proverb._

1443

Quiet night, that brings
Rest to the laborer, is the outlaw's day,
In which he rises early to do wrong,
And when his work is ended, dares not sleep.

--_P. Massinger._

1444

Night is the time for rest;
How sweet, when labors close,
To gather 'round an aching breast
The curtain of repose.
Stretch the tir'd limbs and lay the head
Down on our own delightful bed!

--_Jas. Montgo