"With what measure you mete it shall be measured to you
again."--BURKITT.
We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without
hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the
fingers.--SENECA.
As the purse is emptied the heart is filled.--VICTOR HUGO.
Then gently scan your brother man,
Still gentler, sister woman;
Though they may gang a kennin' wrang,
To step aside is human.
--BURNS.
CHEERFULNESS.--Cheerfulness is full of significance: it suggests good
health, a clear conscience, and a soul at peace with all human
nature.--CHARLES KINGSLEY.
As in our lives so also in our studies, it is most becoming and most
wise, so to temper gravity with cheerfulness, that the former may not
imbue our minds with melancholy, nor the latter degenerate into
licentiousness.--PLINY.
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth
the bones.--PROVERBS 17:22.
Be of good cheer.--JOHN 16:33.
The mind that is cheerful in its present state, will be averse to all
solicitude as to the future, and will meet the bitter occurrences of
life with a placid smile.--HORACE.
An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God
with.--FULLER.
If good people would but make their goodness agreeable, and smile
instead of frowning in their virtue, how many would they win to the
good cause!--ARCHBISHOP USHER.
Between levity and cheerfulness there is a wide distinction; and the
mind which is most open to levity is frequently a stranger to
cheerfulness.
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