but it soon fixes on lasting attributes; You are right; You are a good, a clever child. Guesses at Truth.

Buffon says that the elephant (whose name means partaker of reason) is very fond of praise and caresses, and can bear them, and by this the Brahmins know it is superior to man..

Si nous ne nous flattions pas nous mêmes, la flatterie des autres ne nous pourrait nuire. Rochefoucauldt.

We all need resistance to our errors on every side. "Woe unto us when all men speak well of us!" and woe unto us, when all men shall give way to us!

Henry Taylor.

Old age loses one of the chief rights of man. We judge an old man with indulgence. Goethe.

The praises of others may be of use, in teaching us not what we are, but what we ought to be. Hare.

The praise of God is the only Praise the love of which can influence a pure mind; for there only the two motives, the love of approbation, and a supreme regard for the highest Truth of the Conscience, cannot interfere. We do not say that it is the only Praise which when it comes as a Reward, is pure or sweet, but that when regarded as a Motive, as one of the determining influences

of the character, it is, for Adults, the only Praise that is safe and holy. J. H. Thom.

To some characters, fame is like an intoxicating cup placed to the lips, they do well to turn away from it, who fear it will turn their heads. But to others, fame is "love disguised," the love that answers to love, in its widest, most exalted sense. Mrs. Jameson.

It is a nice question in casuistry, How far a man may feel complacency in the exercise of talent. A hawk exults on his wing; he skims and sails, delighting in the consciousness of his powers. I know nothing of this feeling. Perhaps complacency in the exercise of talent, be it what it may, is hardly to be separated, in such a wretched heart as man's, from pride. It seems to me that dissatisfaction with myself, is the messenger sent to buffet me and keep me down. In other men, the separation between complacency and pride may be possible; but I scarcely think it is so with me. Cecil.

Vanity, after Pride, is the most universal, perhaps the most fatal of all sins, fretting the whole depth of our humanity into storm, "to waft a feather or to drown a fly." Ruskin.

I remember that, in my early youth, I was overmuch religious and vigilant, and scrupulously pious and abstinent. One night I sat up in attendance on my father, on

whom be God's mercy, never closed my eyes during the whole night, and held the precious Koran open on my lap, while the company around us were fast asleep. I said to my father, "Not an individual of these will raise his head, that he may perform his genuflections, or ritual of prayer; but they are all so sound asleep, that you might conclude they were dead." He replied; "O, emanation of your father, you also had better have slept, than that you should thus calumniate the failings of mankind."

Sadi.

"The moment a man is satisfied with himself, every body else is dissatisfied with him." Arab Proverb.

"When God loathes aught, man soon loathes it also."

Now, after that a man hath walked in all the ways that lead him unto, the truth, and exercised himself therein, not sparing his labor; now, as often and as long as he dreameth that his work is altogether finished, and he is by this time quite dead to the world, and come out from Self and given up to God alone, behold! the Devil cometh and soweth his seed in the man's heart. From this seed spring two fruits; the one is spiritual fulness or pride, the other is false, lawless freedom. These are two sisters, who love to be together. Now, it beginneth on this wise: the Devil puffeth up the man, till he thinketh himself to have climbed the topmost pinnacle, and to have come so near to heaven, that he no longer needeth Scrip

ture, nor teaching, nor this, nor that, but is altogether raised above any need. Whereupon there ariseth a false peace and satisfaction with himself, and then it followeth that he saith or thinketh, "Yea, now I am above all other men, and know and understand more than any one in the world; therefore it is certainly just and reasonable that I should be the lord and commander of all creatures, and that all creatures, and especially all men, should serve me and be subject unto me." And then he seeketh and desireth the same, and taketh it gladly from all creatures, especially men, and thinketh himself well worthy of all this, and that it is his due, and looketh on men as if they were the beasts of the field, and thinketh himself worthy of all that ministereth to his body, and life, and nature, in profit, or joy, or pleasure, or even pastime and amusement, and he seeketh and taketh it wherever he findeth opportunity. And whatever is done or can be done, for him, seemeth him all too little and too poor, for he thinketh himself worthy of still more and greater honor than can be rendered to him. And of all the men who serve him and are subject to him, even if they be downright thieves and murderers, he saith nevertheless, that they have faithful, noble hearts, and have great love and faithfulness to the truth and to poor men. And such men are praised by him; and he seeketh them and followeth after them wherever they be. But he who doth not order himself according to the will of these high-minded men, nor is subject unto them, is not sought after by them; nay, more likely, blamed and spoken ill of, even though he were as

holy as St. Peter himself. And seeing that this proud and puffed up spirit thinketh that she needeth neither Scripture nor instruction, nor any thing of the kind, therefore she giveth no heed to the admonitions, order, laws, and precepts of the holy Christian Church, not to the Sacraments, but mocketh at them and at all men who walk according to these ordinances, and hold them in reverence. Thereby we may plainly see that these two sisters dwell together. Theologia Germanica.

Where there is poorness of spirit and true humility, all his own discourse, ways, words, and works, seem to a man a thing of nought, and a folly. Therefore he speaketh little, and doth not take upon himself to admonish or rebuke any, unless he be constrained thereto by love or faithfulness towards God, and even then he doth it in fear, and so little as may be.

And he cometh to see and understand aright, how that all men are bent upon themselves, and inclined to evil and sin, and that on this account it is needful and profitable, that there be order, customs, law, and precepts. For without ordinances, men would be much more mischievous and ungovernable than dogs and cattle.

Therefore, one who is poor in spirit, and of a humble mind, doth not despise or make light of law, order, precepts, and holy customs, nor yet of those who observe and cleave wholly to them, but with loving pity and gentle sorrow, crieth, "Almighty Father, Thou Eternal Truth, I make my lament unto Thee, and it grieveth Thy Spirit