Appendix.

NOTE

The following pages contain the Supplements to the four Numbers of "100 Choice Selections" embraced in this volume, which, for greater convenience in arranging, are here grouped together instead of appear. ing at the end of the Numbers to which they respectively belong.

SUPPLEMENT TO

One Hundred Choice Selections, No. 17

CONTAINING

SENTIMENTS For Public Occasions;

WITTICISMS For Home Enjoyment;

LIFE THOUGHTS For Private Reflection;

FUNNY SAYINGS For Social Pastime, &c.

A smooth sea never made a skilful mariner, neither do aninterrupted prosperity and success qualify for usefulness and happiness.

Man hath two attendant angels

Ever waiting by his side,

With him wheresoe'er he wanders,
Wheresoe'er his feet abide;

One to warn him when he darkleth,

And rebuke him if he stray;

One to leave him to his nature,

And so let him go his way.

Prince.

The heavens declare the glory of God and the Armament showeth his handiwork. Day unto day uttereth speech and

night unto night showeth knowledge.

Man with fury stern and savage,

Persecutes his brother man,
Reckless if he bless or ravage,

Action, action-stil! his plan.
Now creating, now destroying,
Ceaseless wishes tear his breast;
Ever seeking ne'er enjoying,
Still to be but never blest.

Bible

Schiller.

A fallen blossom does not return to the twig.

The joys of meeting pay the pangs of absence,
Else who could bear it?

Rowe.

Mirth should be the embroidery of conversation, not the web; and wit the ornament of the mind, not the furniture. That place that does

Contain my books, the best companions, is

To me a glorious court, where hourly I
Converse with the old sages and philosophers.

Fletcher.

If every man works at that for which nature fitted him, the cows will be well tended.

La Fontaine.

I fear no foe with Thee at hand to bless,
Ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness;
Where is death's sting? where, grave, thy victory?
I triumph still, if Thou abide with me.

Lyte.

Victories that are cheap are cheap. Those only are worth having which come as the result of hard fighting.

Beecher.

Fade, flowers, fade; nature will have it so;
'Tis but what we must in our autumn do.

Waller.

Thoughts take up no room. When they are right, they afford a portable pleasure, which one may travel with without any trouble or encumbrance.

Nay; speak no ill; a kindly word

Can never leave a sting behind;

And, oh, to breathe each tale we've heard
Is far beneath a noble mind;

Far oft a better seed is sown

By choosing thus a kinder plan;
For if but little good we've known,

Let's speak of all the good we can.

Collier.

When a man has seen the woman whom he would have chosen if he had intended to marry speedily, his remaining a bachelor will usually depend on her resolution rather than on his. George Eliot.

If scandal or censure be raised 'gainst a friend,
Be the last to believe it, the first to defend;
Say to-morrow will come, and then time will unfold,
That "one story's good till another is told!"

The best throw with the dice is to throw them away.

Thus is it over all the earth!

That which we call the fairest,

And prize for its surpassing worth,
Is always rarest.

J. G. Holland.

The human heart is like heaven: the more angels the Frederika Bremer.

more room.

This world is but the rugged road
Which leads us to the bright abode
Of peace above:

So let us choose the narrow way

Which leads no traveler astray
From realms of love.

Longfellow.

A man's virtues should not be measured by his occasional exertions, but by his ordinary doings.

Speak gently! it is better far

To rule by love than fear;

Speak gently; let not harsh words mar
The good we might do here.

Hangford.

Nature has many perfections to show that it is an image of the Deity; and it has defects to show that it is but an image

Pascal

Fearless he sees, who is with virtue crowned,
The tempest rage, and hears the thunder sound;
Ever the same, let fortune smile or frown:
Serenely as he lived resigns his breath,
Meets destiny half-way, nor shrinks at death.

Granville.

The bow cannot possibly stand always bent, nor can human nature or human frailty subsist without some lawful recreation.

The day is spent,

And stars are kindling in the firmament,

Cervantes.

To us how silent-though, like ours, perchance,
Busy and full of life and circumstance.

Rogers.

Good temper is like a sunny day; it sheds brightness on

everything.

There is in life no blessing like affection;

It soothes, it hallows, elevates, subdues,

And bringeth down to earth its native heaven:-
Life has nought else that may supply its place.

L. E. Landon.

Temperance is a bridle of gold, and he who uses it rightly. is more like a god than a man.

Experience, joined to common sense,
To mortals is a providence.

Knowledge is not acquired in a feather bed.

Burton.

Green.