--ARCHDEACON RAIKES.
Wisdom is ofttimes nearer when we stoop
Than when we soar.
--WORDSWORTH.
He who learns the rules of wisdom, without conforming to them in his
life, is like a man who labored in his fields, but did not sow.--SAADI.
Wisdom is to the mind what health is to the body.--LA ROCHEFOUCAULD.
As whole caravans may light their lamps from one candle without
exhausting it, so myriads of tribes may gain wisdom from the great
Book without impoverishing it.--RABBI BEN-AZAI.
Wisdom is the only thing which can relieve us from the sway of the
passions and the fear of danger, and which can teach us to bear the
injuries of fortune itself with moderation, and which shows us all the
ways which lead to tranquillity and peace.--CICERO.
Wisdom consists not in seeing what is directly before us, but in
discerning those things which may come to pass.--TERENCE.
That man strangely mistakes the manner of spirit he is of who knows
not that peaceableness, and gentleness, and mercy, as well as purity,
are inseparable characteristics of the wisdom that is from above; and
that Christian charity ought never to be sacrificed even for the
promotion of evangelical truth.--BISHOP MANT.
So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto
wisdom.--PSALM 90:12.
WIT.--I fear nothing so much as a man who is witty all day long.
--MADAME DE SEVIGNE.
Witticisms never are agreeable, which are injurious to others.
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