by stooping down, and then stuck it carefully under the bosom of his coat. The gentleman at the window saw this, and recalled him as a man worthy of encouragement, as a careful and business man even in great disappointment, gave him a small post, but he rose to be a man of immense wealth, as he ultimately was made a partner. So much for good and careful habits.

THE PAINTER AND HIS WORK.

A painter of eminence was once resolved to finish a piece, which should please the whole world. When, therefore, he had drawn a picture, in which his utmost skill was exhausted, it was exposed in the public market-place, with directions at the bottom for every spectator to mark with a brush, which lay by, every limb and feature, which seemed erroneous. The spectators came and in general applauded; but each willing to show his talent at criticism, marked whatever he thought proper. At evening, when the painter came, he was mortified to find the whole picture one universal blot; not a single stroke that was not stigmatised with marks of disapprobation: not satisfied with this trial, the next day he was resolved to try them in a different manner, and exposing his picture as before desired that every spectator would mark those beauties he approved or admired. The people complied, and the artist returning found his picture replete with the marks of beauty; every stroke that had been yesterday condemned now received the character of approbation. Well," cries the painter, "I now find that the best way to please one half of the world is not to mind what the other half says; since what are faults in the eyes of these shall be by those regarded as beauties."

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-GOLDSMITH.

THE POET'S ADVICE.

The tempers of all differ, they all are not alike; Mind your own work without regarding whether the people speak well or ill.

Consult good people, keep your mind quiet;

Do that work of yours which you consider to be good.

Banish sloth day and night, be of good cheer; Wish all well and mind your work.

Finish what is begun and then take rest;

Pay no heed to what is said in the meantime and do your work.

Do not expect remuneration from men who are made of clay;

Let God be your hope and mind your work.

Be unmindful of praise or censure and do good deeds;

Just as the sun and rain go on with their work. Dalpatrâm always gives good advice;

Let your heart be pure and resolute and mind your work.

A Gujarati poct.

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-DALPATRAM.*

17. CARES, TROUBLES, &c.

CARES.

Take care or care will take you.

Care, that is enter'd once into the breast,
Will have the whole possession, ere it rest.

Anxiety is such a fury

As corrodes the heart of man.

-BEN JONSON.

-КАВІК.

I am sure care's an enemy to life.

-SHAKESPEARE.

Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie.
-SHAKESPEARE.

Care can avail nothing; it devoureth life: for those things shall happen which God shall direct.*

-DADU.

Pack your cares in as small a place as you can, so that you can carry them yourself, and not let them annoy others.

From the Works of H. H. Wilson.

The man whose mind becomes a prey to anxiety, cannot earn a bellyful of corn;

He who yields himself up to anxiety, cannot get sound sleep;

The man who is absorbed in anxiety, cannot attend to any work at home;

He who is constantly pining at heart, is ill at ease with himself;

Again the man who is engrossed in anxiety becomes quite unconscious and insensible;

Vachhrâj says, anxiety has such powers to do evil that it makes a man pale and emaciated.

-VACHHRÂJ.*

People worry themselves ill; they worry themselves insane; they worry themselves to death. Ambition is a good thing, industry is a good thing, energy is a good thing, but restlessness, fretfulness and worry, these tend directly to insanity and death.

Fear and worry and all kindred mental states are too expensive for any person, man, woman or child, to entertain or indulge in. Fear paralyzes healthy action, worry corrodes and pulls down the organism, and will finally tear it to pieces. Nothing is to be gained by it, but everything to be lost. Long continued grief at any loss will do the same. Each brings its own peculiar type of ailment.

-RALPH WALDO TRINE.

Whatever is the will of God, will assuredly happen; therefore do not destroy yourselves by anxiety.f

• A Gujarâti poet.

From the Works of H. H. Wilson.

-DADU.

Each care drives a nail in
Our coffin, no doubt,

But each merry laugh again
Drives it right out.

-WOLCOT.

A heart free from care is better than a full purse.

-ARABIC PROVERB.

TROUBLES &c.

Every condition has some troubles.

A good way to dispel darkness from about you is to make light of your troubles.

Those who have troubles are better off by not think. ing of them, by always looking on the sunny side, and lighting up the soul and faces with good nature and cheerfulness.

Many troubles, like waves of the ocean, will if we wait calmly, only break at our feet and disappear.

If there is an angel who records the sorrows of men as well as their sins, he knows how many and deep are the sorrows that spring from false ideas for which no man is culpable.*

Trouble is an article you can always borrow.

Half of the ills we hoard within our hearts

Are ills because we hoard them.

-PROCTOR.

From Sayings from the Works of George Eliot, selected by Alexander Main.