DESIRE AND WILL.

Affections, joy, grief, &c., the sundry forms of appetite, are not excited by things indifferent, and must rise at some things. To be stirred or not by them is not altogether in our power. But actions which issue from the will are in the power thereof. Appetite is the will's solicitor, the will is appetite's controller. No desire is properly called Will, unless where reason and understanding prescribe the thing desired.

HOOKER.

WORK THE SOURCE OF HAPPINESS.

If thou workest at that which is before thee, following right reason seriously, vigorously, calmly, without allowing anything else to distract thee, but keeping thy divine part pure, as if thou shouldest be bound to give it back immediately; if thou holdest to this, expecting nothing, fearing nothing, but satisfied with thy

present activity according to nature, and with heroic truth in every word thou utterest, thou wilt live happy. And there is no man who is able to prevent this.

M. ANTONINUS.

LABOUR AND THOUGHT.

It is only by labour that thought can be made healthy, and only by thought that labour can be made happy.

RUSKIN.

OCCUPATION.

La nature nous a fait un besoin de l'occupation; la société nous en fait un devoir; l'habitude peut en faire un plaisir.

CAPELLE.

WORK, THE GREAT INSTRUMENT OF SELF

CULTURE.

Now the man who in working, no matter in

what way, strives perpetually to fulfil his obli

gations thoroughly, to do his whole work faithfully, to be honest, not because honesty is the best policy, but for the sake of justice, and that he may render to every man his due,such a labourer is continually building up in himself one of the greatest principles of morality and religion. Every blow on the anvil. on the earth, or whatever material he works upon, contributes something to the perfection of his nature.

CHANNING.

SELF-CULTURE.

It is the work of a philosopher to be every day subduing his passions, and laying aside his prejudices.

ADDISON.

NATURE-HOW COMMANDED.

Nature is commanded by obeying her.

BACON.

HEAVEN UPON EARTH.

Certainly it is heaven upon earth to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in Providence, and turn upon the poles of truth.

BACON.

BAD HABITS.

Like flakes of snow that fall unperceived upon the earth, the seemingly unimportant events of life succeed one another. As the snow gathers together, so are our habits formed: no single flake that is added to the pile produces a sensible change; no single flake creates, however it may exhibit, a man's character; but as the tempest hurls the avalanche down the mountain, and overwhelms the inhabitant and his habitation, so passion, acting upon the elements of mischief, which pernicious habits have brought together by imperceptible accumulation, may overwhelm the edifice of truth and virtue.

JEREMY BENTHAM.

REAL HAPPINESS AND GREATNESS.

Der allein ist glücklich und groß, der weder zu herrschen noch zu gehorchen braucht um Etwas zu sein.

GOETHE.

READING.

Hobbes was wont to say: "Had I read as much as others, I had remained as ignorant as they."

STUDY AND THOUGHT.

Certaines gens étudient toute leur vie ; à la mort ils ont tout appris, excepté à penser.

DOMERGUE.

VAIN DISPLAY OF KNOWLEDGE.

If there happens among fools any dispute concerning learning, for the most part be silent. It is dangerous to speak what comes first into one's mind. If any one calls you ignorant, be not moved at the reproach; and when you have learned this, then know you begin to be