' -LIFE.

, . Why all this toil for triumphs of an

hour ? —Young. Life's a short. summer—

man is but a flower. . , —Dr. Johnson.

By turns we catch the. fatal breath and

dio. — Pope. The cradle and tho tomb,

alas, how nigh ! .. t. r- ? ? — Prior.

To be ia better far than not to bo,.. —

Sewell. Though all man's lifo may seem a

tragody ; ' ^ ??,-?. — Spencer. But

light cares spealc wlion mighty griefs

are dumb, ? —Daniel. Tho bottom is but

shallow wlionco thoy come. —Raleigh. Thy

fate is, the common fate of all ;

-rLongfellow. TTnminglod joj-s no man

befal ; —Southwell. Nature to each

allots his proper sphoro, . ; : ? ? —

Congreve. Fortune makes folly lier

peculiar cure. : : ?- — Churchill.

Custom does not. reason overrule —

Rochester. And throw a cruol sunshine on

a fool. . , ...... — -Armstrong. Livo

well; how long or short permit to

heaven. — Milton. They who forgive most,

shall be most forgiven'. ; . ' ' —

Bailey. Sin may bo clasped so close wo .

cannot see its faco, , — tFronch. Vile

intercourse, whero virtue has no place ;

— Somervillo. Then keep each passion

down, however dear, — Thompson. Thou

pendulum betwixt a smile and tear ! —

Byron. Hor sensual snaros let faithless

Pleasure lay. — Smollett. With croft and

skill to ruin and betray ; — -Crabbo.

Soar not too high to fall, but stoop to

rise ; . — Hessenger. Wo master# grow of

all that we deapiso. —Crowley. Oh;

tlion, riraottnee that impioiM .self-

esteem ; ,'? ' 'initio. iiiolies haro

wings, and grandeur is a dream. —

Cowpor. Think not ambition wise because

'tis bravo, — Davonant. The paths of

glory lead but to tho grave; —Gray. What

is ambition P 'Tis a glorious cheat,

—Willis. Only destructive to tho bravo

and great. — Addison. What's all tho

gaudy glitter of a, crown ?; — Dryden.

The way to bliss lios not on beds of

down. . — Quarles. How long wo live, not

yoars, but actions toll1;' . ' ' —

Watkins. That iniin lives twico who

lives tho first lifo woll. ? . ^ —

Horrick. Make, then while yo may, your

God your friend, — William Mason. Whom

Christians worship, yet not comproliond.

. —Hill. The trust that's given guard,

and to yourself lie just. . —Dana. For

live wo how wo may, yot dio we must.