word.
My sorrow passed,--I paid him back
The gold he gave to me;
Then stood erect and spoke my thanks,
And blessed his charity.

I lay in want, in grief and pain:
A poor man passed my way;
He bound my head, he gave me bread,
He watched me night and day.
How shall I pay him back again,
For all he did to me?
Oh, gold is great, but greater far
Is Heavenly Sympathy.

--_Charles Mackay._

1872

The human heart sighs for sympathy and solace, in the dark hour of
suffering and sorrow.

--_Rev. Thos. M. McConnell._

1873

These two complain, but no one sympathizes with them:
He who lends money without witnesses;
And he who is lorded over by his wife.

--_The Talmud._

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1874

For him who does everything in its proper time, one day is worth three.

1875

There is nothing like addressing men at the proper time.

1876

The world is always ready to receive talent with open arms.

--_O. W. Holmes._

1877

Talent is something, but tact is everything.

--_Scargill._

1878

All talk at once, to none respect is shown.

1879

_Talking._--What a spendthrift is he of his tongue!

--_Shakespeare._

1880

They always talk who never think.

--_Prior._

1881

He who talks much is sometimes right.

--_Spanish._

1882

The talker sows, the listener reaps.

--_Italian._

1883

You can doubtless name a number of people who talk too much--including
yourself!

1884

A man of sense talks little, and listens much.

--_Chinese._

1885

_A Quiet Rebuke._--When Washington's secretary excused himself for the
lateness of his attendance, and laid the blame on his watch, his master
quietly said--"Then you must get another watch, or I another secretary."

1886

The cost takes away the taste: I should really like the thing, but I
dislike the expense.

1887

To teach is to learn twice over.

1888

Nothing dies soone