A good example is the best sermon. A child thinks 20 shillings and 20 years can scarce ever be spent. A cheerful face is nearly as good for an invalid as healthy weather. You may delay, but time will not, and lost time is never found again. Those things that hurt, instruct. Any fool can critcize, condemn and complain - and most fools do. He does not possess wealth; it possesses him. Those who would give up essential freedoms for security, deserve neither freedom nor security. The first mistake in public business is the going into it. Experience is the best teacher, but a fool will learn from no other. |