The wife of a distinguished man when asked where her jewels were, replied, "my jewels are my children, my husband, and his triumphs."
1012
MOTHER'S JEWELS.
A lady who was very rich, and fond of pomp and show, after having displayed, in a visit she made, her diamonds, pearls, and richest jewels, earnestly desired Cornelia, the illustrious, to let her see her jewels also. Cornelia dexterously turned the conversation to another subject, to wait the return of her sons, who were gone to the public schools. When they returned and entered their mother's apartment, she said to the rich lady, pointing to them with her hand, "These are my jewels, and the only ornaments I admire."
1013
JOY.
When you first saw the light of this world you were crying, and your friends were full of joy;—Live, so, that when you die, your friends will cry and you will be full of joy.
1014
Of joys departed,
Not to return, how painful the remembrance!
—R. Blair.
1015
I cannot speak, tears so obstruct my words,
And choke me with unutterable joy.
—Otway.
1016
Joy when it's shared, its pleasure doubles,
And sorrow, loses half its troubles.
1017
Johnson: "It is commonly a weak man who marries for love." We then talked of marrying women of fortune; and I (Boswell) mentioned a common remark, that a man may be, upon the whole, richer by marrying a woman with a very small portion, because a woman of fortune will be proportionally expensive; whereas a woman who brings none will be very moderate in expenses. Johnson: "Depend upon it, Sir, this is not true. A woman of fortune, being used to the handling of money, spends it judiciously; but a woman who gets the command of money for the first time upon her marriage, has such a gust in spending it, that she throws it away with great profusion."
—Boswell's Johnson.
1018
Never risk a joke, even the least offensive in its nature and the most common, with a person who is not well-bred, or possessed of sense to comprehend it.
—La Bruyere.
1019
A CONSCIENTIOUS JUDGE.
Sir Matthew Hale was very exact and impartial in his administration of justice. One of the first peers of England went once to his chamber and told him—"That having a suit in law to be tried before him, he was there to acquaint him with it, that he might the better understand it when he should come to be heard in court." Upon which Sir Matthew interrupted him, and said—"He did not deal fairly to come to his chamber about such affairs, for he never received any information of causes but in open court, where both parties were to be heard alike," so he would not suffer him to go on. Whereupon his grace (for he was a Duke) went away not a little dissatisfied, and complained of it to the king, as a rudeness that was not to be endured. But his majesty bade him content himself that he was no worse used, and said—"He verily believed he would have used himself no better, if he had gone to solicit him in any of his own causes."
1020
When we are too young our judgment is at fault; so also when we are too old.
—Pascal.
1021
Give every one the benefit of a doubt. You might be sadly in need of it yourself some day!
—N. S. Murphy.
1022
Gently to hear, kindly to judge.
1023
We shall be judged, not by what we might have been, but what we have been.
—Sewell.
1024
He hears but half, that hears one party only.
—Aeschylus.
1025
Any time is the proper time for saying what is just.
—From the Greek.
1026
Justice and truth may sleep but will never die.
1027
Habits of justice are a valuable possession.
—Antiphones.
1028
Justice means that standard or boundary of right which enables us to render to every man his just due without distinction.
