--JOAQUIN MILLER.
Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrusts
himself.--LA ROCHEFOUCAULD.
If thou desire to be held wise, be so wise as to hold thy tongue.
--QUARLES.
As we must account for every idle word, so we must for every idle
silence.--FRANKLIN.
Learn to hold thy tongue. Five words cost Zacharias forty weeks'
silence.--FULLER.
Silence is a virtue in those who are deficient in understanding.
--BOUHOURS.
Silence, when nothing need be said, is the eloquence of discretion.
--BOVEE.
Silence does not always mark wisdom.--S.T. COLERIDGE.
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise.--PROVERBS 17:28.
SIN.--Suffer anything from man, rather than sin against God.--SIR
HENRY VANE.
Let him that sows the serpent's teeth not hope to reap a joyous
harvest. Every crime has, in the moment of its perpetration, its own
avenging angel,--dark misgivings at the inmost heart.--SCHILLER.
I could not live in peace if I put the shadow of a willful sin between
myself and God.--GEORGE ELIOT.
Never let any man imagine that he can pursue a good end by evil means,
without sinning against his own soul! Any other issue is doubtful; the
evil effect on himself is certain.--SOUTHEY.
Many afflictions will not cloud and obstruct peace of mind so much as
one sin: therefore, if you would walk cheerfully, be most careful to
walk holily. All the winds about the earth make not an earthquake, but
only that within.
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