Part 132 (1/2)
Forbear sharp speeches to her She's a lady So tender of rebukes, that words are strokes, And strokes death to her
--_Shakespeare_
1835
Everything that one says too much, is insipid and tedious
--_Boilau_
1836
It is unbeco in inferiors to assume boldness of speech
--_Aeschylus_
1837
Have more than thou showest; Speak less than thou knowest; Spend less than thou ownest
--_Greek_
1838
_Obedience_--The o wherever you wish
--_Horace_
1839
STORY OF A STANZA
Many years ago Dr Valpy, a well known English scholar, wrote a little verse of four lines as the longing of his heart and the confession of his faith This was the simple stanza:--
”In peace let n my breath, And Thy salvation see; My sins deserve eternal death, But Jesus died for me”
Soave this verse to his friend Dr Marsh, and it beca to him Dr Marsh read the lines to his friend Lord Roden, as so iot the doctor to write them out, and then fastened the paper over the e, they hung for many years
--_By Canon Dyson Hague, in London Record_
1840
_Stars_--Those gold candles fix'd in heaven's air
--_Shakespeare_