FEBRUARY.*

AMETHYST: SINCERITY.

THE wisest of us all, when woe
Darkens our narrow path below,
Are childish to the last degree,
And think what is must always be.
It rains, and there is gloom around,
Slippery and sullen is the ground,
And slow the step; within our sight
Nothing is cheerful, nothing bright.
Meanwhile the sun on high, although
We will not think it can be so,
Is shining at that very hour
In all his glory, all his power,
And when the cloud is past again
Will dry up every drop of rain.

WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR, 1775.

Give me the man who bears a big load lightly,
And looks on grave things with a blithe face brightly.
Wisdom of Goethe: PROFESSOR BLACKIE.

Forsake not an old friend, for the new is not comparable to him. Ecclesiasticus, ix. 10.

When two persons have so good an opinion of each other as to come together for life, they will not differ in matters of importance, because they think of each other with respect, and they are prepared for mutual assistance and relief.

The Tatler.

There is no death; the stars go down,
To rise upon some fairer shore,
And bright in Heaven's jewelled crown
They shine for evermore.

February 2.

LORD LYTTON.

If thou hast gathered nothing in thy youth, how canst thou find anything in thine age?

Ecclesiasticus, xxv. 3.

It is not enough to care for good books, you must be a good living book yourself.

FENELON.

Is this my guide, philosopher, and friend?
This he, who loves me, and who ought to mend ?
Who ought to make me what he can, or none?

РОРЕ.

A wife is thine till death. M. F. TUPPER.

Death is a co-mingling of Eternity with Time; in the death of a good man Eternity is seen looking through Time.

GOETHE.

February 2.