--COLTON.
Content with poverty my soul I arm;
And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.
--DRYDEN.
Unless we find repose within ourselves, it is vain to seek it
elsewhere.--HOSEA BALLOU.
The noblest mind the best contentment has.--SPENSER.
I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.
--PHILIPPIANS 4:11.
CONVERSATION.--The pith of conversation does not consist in exhibiting
your own superior knowledge on matters of small consequence, but in
enlarging, improving and correcting the information you possess by the
authority of others.--SIR WALTER SCOTT.
There are three things in speech that ought to be considered before
some things are spoken--the manner, the place and the time.--SOUTHEY.
The secret of tiring is to say everything that can be said on the
subject.--VOLTAIRE.
Speak little and well if you wish to be considered as possessing
merit.--FROM THE FRENCH.
The less men think, the more they talk.--MONTESQUIEU.
He who sedulously attends, pointedly asks, calmly speaks, coolly
answers, and ceases when he has no more to say, is in possession of
some of the best requisites of man.--LAVATER.
Amongst such as out of cunning hear all and talk little, be sure to
talk less; or if you must talk, say little.--LA BRUYERE.
Not only to say the right thing in the right place, but, far more
difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting
moment.
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