Part 99 (2/2)

--_Swift_

1377

No lessons are so impressive as those our mistakes teach us

1378

Young heads are giddy, and young hearts are warm, And make mistakes for manhood to reform

--_Young_

1379

People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy after

--_Goldsmith_

1380

MODERATION

He that holds fast the golden reat, Feels not the wants that pinch the poor, Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door

--_Cowper_

1381

THE CHARM OF MODULATION

'Tis not enough the voice be sound and clear, 'Tis modulation that must charm the ear

1382

The abundance of money ruins youth

1383

I alrow to believe there is a sort of curse on money which is not earned, even when it is bestowed by father on son or daughter It cripples individual development, and I think only when it is earned is it blest

1384