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The tongue is the instrument of the greatest good and the greatest evil that is done in the world.SIR WALTER RALEIGH.

He who seldom speaks, and with one calm welltimed word can strike dumb the loquacious, is a genius or a hero.-LAVATER.

A wise man reflects before he speaks; a fool speaks, and then reflects on what he has uttered.-FROM THE FRENCH.

Those who have few affairs to attend to are great speakers. The less men think, the more they talk. -MONTESQUIEU.

Speaking much is a sign of vanity; for he that is lavish in words, is a niggard in deed.—SIR WAlter RALEIGH.

Tears. Tears of joy are the dew in which the sun of righteousness is mirrored.-RICHTER.

There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love.-WASHINGTON IRVING.

The tear down childhood's cheek that flows,
Is like the dewdrop on the rose;

When next the summer breeze comes by,
And waves the bush, the flower is dry.

-WALTER SCOTT. Shame on those breasts of stone that cannot melt in soft adoption of another's sorrow.—Aaron HILL.

Tears may soothe the wounds they cannot heal. -THOMAS PAINE.

Hide not thy tears; weep boldly, and be proud to give the flowing virtue manly way; it is nature's mark to know an honest heart by.-AARON HILL.

Tears are a good alterative, but a poor diet.

H. W. SHAW.

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They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.-PSALM 126: 5.

Every tear is a verse, and every heart is a poem. -MARC ANDRÉ.

Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.-PSALM 30: 5.

Temper. The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.-LA ROCHEFOUCAULD.

In vain he seeketh others to suppress,

Who hath not learn'd himself first to subdue. -SPENSER.

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With "gentleness" in his own character, fort" in his house, and "good temper" in his wife, the earthly felicity of man is complete.FROM THE GERMAN.

Nothing leads more directly to the breach of charity, and to the injury and molestation of our fellow-creatures, than the indulgence of an ill temper.-BLAIR.

Too many have no idea of the subjection of their temper to the influence of religion, and yet what is changed, if the temper is not? If a man is as passionate, malicious, resentful, sullen, moody, or morose after his conversion as before it, what is he converted from or to?-JOHN ANGELL JAMES.

If we desire to live securely, comfortably, and quietly, that by all honest means we should endeavor to purchase the good will of all men, and provoke no man's enmity needlessly; since any man's love may be useful, and every man's hatred is dangerous.-ISAAC BARROW.

A sunny temper gilds the edges of life's blackest cloud.-GUTHRIE.

Scandal. If there is any person to whom you feel dislike, that is the person of whom you ought never to speak.-CECIL.

There is a lust in man no charm can tame,
Of loudly publishing his neighbor's shame;—
On eagle's wings immortal scandals fly,
While virtuous actions are but born and die.
—ELLA LOUISA HERVEY.

No one loves to tell of scandal except to him who loves to hear it. Learn, then, to rebuke and check the detracting tongue by showing that you do not listen to it with pleasure.-ST. JEROME.

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice.-EPHESIANS 4: 31.

Scepticism.-Scepticism has never founded empires, established principles, or changed the world's heart. The great doers in history have always been men of faith.-CHAPIN.

Scepticism is a barren coast, without a harbor or lighthouse.-BEECHER.

Freethinkers are generally those who never think at all.-STERNE.

I know not any crime so great that a man could contrive to commit as poisoning the sources of eternal truth.-DR. JOHNSON.

Secrecy. The secret known to two is no longer a secret.-NINON DE LENCLOS.

Secrecy has been well termed the soul of all great designs. Perhaps more has been effected by concealing our own intentions, than by discovering those of our enemy. But great men succeed in both.

A woman can keep one secret,-the secret of her age.-VOLTAIRE.

To tell your own secrets is generally folly, but that folly is without guilt; to communicate those with which we are intrusted is always treachery, and treachery for the most part combined with folly.-DR. JOHNSON.

To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly.-HOLMES.

To whom you betray your secret you sell your liberty.-FRANKLIN.

He who trusts a secret to his servant makes his ▷wn man his master.-DRYDEN.

Self-Control.-He that ruleth his spirit is better than he that taketh a city.-PROVERBS 16: 32. What is the best government? teaches us to govern ourselves.-GOETHE.

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He who reigns within himself, and rules passions, desires, and fears, is more than a king.—MILTON. Real glory springs from the silent conquest of ourselves.-THOMSON.

He is a fool who cannot be angry: but he is a wise man who will not.-ENGLISH PROVERB.

Self-Denial.-Self-denial is the quality of which Jesus Christ set us the example.-ARY SCHEFFER.

Only the soul that with an overwhelming impulse and a perfect trust gives itself up forever to the life of other men, finds the delight and peace which such complete self-surrender has to give.PHILLIPS BROOKS.

Self-denial is a virtue of the highest quality, and he who has it not, and does not strive to acquire it, will never excel in anything.—CONYBEARE.

The more a man denies himself the more he shall obtain from God.-HORACE.

The worst education which teaches self-denial is better than the best which teaches everything else, and not that.-JOHN STERLING.

Selfishness.-Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one is without in himself.-BEECHER.

It is to be doubted whether he will ever find the way to heaven who desires to go thither alone.— FELTHAM.

Take the selfishness out of this world and there would be more happiness than we should know what to do with.-H. W. SHAW.

We erect the idol self, and not only wish others to worship, but worship ourselves.—CECIL.

Silence.-Be silent, or say something better than silence.-PYTHAGORAS.

God's poet is silence! His song is unspoken,
And yet so profound, so loud, and so far,
It fills you, it thrills you with measures unbroken,
And as soft, and as fair, and as far as a star.

-JOAQUIN MILLER.

Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrusts himself.-LA ROCHEFOUCAULD.

If thou desire to be held wise, be so wise as to hold thy tongue.—QUARLES.

As we must account for every idle word, so we must for every idle silence.-FRANKLIN.

Learn to hold thy tongue.

Five words cost

Zacharias forty weeks' silence.-FULLER.

Silence is a virtue in those who are deficient in understanding.—BOUHOURS.

Silence, when nothing need be said, is the eloquence of discretion.--Bovee.

Silence does not always mark wisdom.-S. T. COLERIDGE.

Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise.-PROVERBS 17: 28.

Sin.-Suffer anything from man, rather than sin against God.-SIR HENRY VANE.

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