128.

Man is an intellectual animal, therefore an everlasting
contradiction to himself. His senses centre in himself, his ideas
reach to the ends of the universe; so that he is torn in pieces
between the two without the possibility of its ever being otherwise.
A mere physical being or a pure spirit can alone be satisfied with
itself.

_Hazlitt._

129.

The pure in heart, who fear to sin,
The good, kindly in word and deed--
These are the beings in the world
Whose nature should be called divine.

_Buddhist._

130.

If thou desirest that the pure in heart should praise thee, lay
aside anger; be not a man of many words; and parade not thy virtues
in the face of others.

_Firdausi._

131.

A wise man takes a step at a time; he establishes one foot before he
takes up the other: an old place should not be forsaken recklessly.

_Sanskrit._

132.

The fish dwell in the depths of the waters, and the eagles in the
sides of heaven; the one, though high, may be reached with the
arrow, and the other, though deep, with the hook; but the heart of
man at a foot's distance cannot be known.[9]

_Burmese._

[9] Cf. Proverbs, XXV, 3.

133.

The life of man is the incessant walk of nature, wherein every
moment is a step towards death. Even our growing to perfection is a
progress to decay. Every thought we have is a sand running out of
the glass of life.

_Feltham._

134.

I have observed that as long as a man lives and exerts himself he
can always find food and raiment, though, it may be, not of the
choicest description.

_Goethe._

135.

There are no riches like the sweetness of content, nor poverty
comparable to the want of patience.

_R. Chamberlain._

136.

'Tis not for gain, for fame, from fear
That righteous men injustice shun,
And virtuous men hold virtue dear:
An inward voice they seem to hear,
Which tells them duty must be done.

_Mahabharata._

137.

As far and wide the vernal breeze
Sweet odour