March 16.

Keep thy heart from evil,
Let thy passions sleep;

Believe it good, nay, glorious to prevail,
And stand in safety where so many fail.

CRABBE.

A little diversity of character is advantageous in marriage. On the man's side a degree of ardour, which excites to action; on the woman's a degree of gentleness, which restrains this ardour within due bounds. Ardour without gentleness degenerates into savageness, and gentleness without ardour into insipidity.

DEAN HOOK.

Blessed was that sleep! more blessed the waking!
For on that night a heavenly morning broke,
The light of Heaven was round him when he woke.
SOUTHEY.

March 18.

He that would make a real progress in knowledge must dedicate his age as well as youth, the latter growth as well as the first-fruits, at the altar of truth.

BERKELEY.

There is a comfort in the strength of love,
'Twill make a thing endurable, which else
Would overset the brain, or break the heart.
WORDSWORTH.

Life makes the soul dependent on the dust,
Death gives her wings to mount above the spheres;
Life is the triumph of our mould'ring clay,

Death of the spirit infinite! divine!

Death hath no dread, but what frail life imparts, Nor Life true joy, but what kind Death improves.

YOUNG.

March 18.

Useful and steady let thy life proceed,

Mild every word, good-natured every deed.

FITZGERALD. Cease not to prepare thyself for the battle, for on thy right hand and on thy left are enemies who never THOMAS A KEMPIS.

rest.

All who have loved, or love, will still allow
Life has nought like it.

A woman, like the Koh-i-noor,

Mounts to the price that's put on her.

BYRON.

COVENTRY PATMORE.

But why do you speak of his love as a past thing? Do you not know that he is living, and loving you still, only far more perfectly, far more fully, than when he was on earth? Married and Single.

March 20.

He shall never truly enjoy his present hour
Who never thinks on his last.

YOUNG.

One in whom persuasion and belief
Had ripened into faith, and faith become
A passionate intuition.

COLERIDGE.

A holy and sacred friendship, by this means they encourage, assist, and support each other.

S. FRANCIS de Sales. We were so blest, none were so blest as we. SAMUEL ROgers.

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When time is o'er, and worlds have passed away, Cold in the dust this perished heart may lie, But that which warmed it once shall never dieThat spark unburied in its mortal frame. CAMPBELL. Those we call dead are probably nearer than those we feel to be absent. DR. CUMMING.

March 20.