It is not every man that can afford to wear a shabby coat; and worldly wisdom dictates to her disciples, the propriety of dressing somewhat beyond their means, but of living within them; for every one sees how we dress, but none see how we live, except we choose to let them. The truly great are by universal suffrage exempted from these trammels, and may live or dress as they please.

Sleep, the type of death, is also like that which it typifies, restricted to the earth. It flies from hell, and is excluded from heaven.

Emulation has been termed a spur to virtue, and assumes to be a spur of gold. But it is a spur *composed of baser materials, and if tried in the furnace, will be found to want that firedness, which is the characteristic of gold. He that pursues virtue, only to surpass others, is not far from wishing others less forward than himself; and he that rejoices too much at his own perfection, will be too little grieved at the defects of other men. We might also insist upon this, that true virtue, though the most humble of all things, is the most progressive; it must persevere to the end. As Alexander scorned the Olympic games, because there were no kings to contend with, so he that starts only to outstrip others, will suspend his exertions when that end is attained; and self-love will in many cases, incline him to stoop for the prize, even before he has obtained the victory. The views of the Christian are more extensive, and more endur ing; his ambition is, not to conquer others, but himself, and he unbuckles his armour, only for his shroud.

In the pursuit of knowledge, follow it wherever it is to be found; like fern, it is the produce of all climates, and like coin, its circulation is not restricted to any particular class. We are ignorant in youth, from idleness, and we continue so in manhood, from pride; for pride is less ashamed of being ignorant, than of being instructed, and she locks too high to find that, which very often lies beneath her. Therefore condescend to men of low estate, and be for wisdom that which Alcibiades was for power. He that rings only one bell, will hear only one sound; and he that lives only with one class, will see but one scene of the great drama of life. Mr. Locke was asked how he had contrived to accumulate a mine of knowledge so rich, yet so extensive and so deep. He replied, that he attributed what little he knew, to not having been ashamed to ask for information; and to the rule he had laid down, of conversing with all description of men, on those topics chiefly that formed their own peculiar professions or pursuits. I myself have heard a common blacksmith eloquent, when welding of iron has been the theme; what we know thoroughly, we can usually express clearly, since ideas will supply words, but words will not always supply ideas. Therefore when I meet with any that write obscurely, or converse confusedly, I am apt to suspect two things; first, that such persons do not understand themselves; and secondly, that they are not worthy of being understood by others

He that can enjoy the intimacy of the great, and on no occasion disgust them with familiarity, or disgrace himself by servility, proves that he is as perfect a gentleman by nature, as his companions are by rank

Royal favorites are often obliged to carry their complaisance further than they meant. They live for their master's pleasure, and they die for his convenience.

The hate, which we all bear with the most Chris tian patience, is the hate of those who envy us.

Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.

There are two modes of establishing our reputation; to be praised by honest men, and to be abused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the former, because it will be invariably accompanied by the latter. His calumniation, is not only the greatest benefit a rogue can confer upon us, but it is also the only service he will perform for nothing.

As we ascend in society, like those who climb a mountain, we shall find that the line of perpetual congelation commences with the higher circles, and the nearer we approach to the grand luminary the court, the more frigidity and apathy shall we experience.

Sensible women have often been the dupes of designing men, in the following way: they have taken an opportunity of praising them to their own confidante, but with a solemn injunction to secrecy. The confidante, however, as they know, will infallably inform her principal, the first moment she sees her; and this is a mode of flattery which always succceds. Even those females who nauseate flattery in any other shape, will not reject it in this; just as we can bear the light of the sun without pain when reflected by the moon.

If you are under obligation to many, it is prudent to postpone the recompensing of one, until it be in your power to remunerate all, otherwise you will make more enemies by what you give, than by what you withhold.

There is no cruelty so inexorable and unrelenting, as that which proceeds from a bigoted and presumptuous supposition of doing service to God. Under the influence of such hallucination, all common modes of reasoning are perverted, and all general principles destroyed. The victim of the fanatical persecutor will find that the stronger the motives he can urge for mercy are, the weaker will be his chance of obtaining it, for the merit of his destruction will be supposed to rise in value, in proportion as it is effected at the expense of every feeling, both of justice and of humanity. Had the son of Philip the Second of Spain been condemned by the inquisition, his own father, in default of any other executioner, would have carried the fagots, and have set fire to the pile. And in the atrocious murder of Archbishop Sharp, it is well known that Balfour and his party did not meet together at Gilston Muir for the purpose of assassinating the archbishop, but to slay one Carmichael, a magistrate. These misguided men were actuated (to use their own words) by a strong outletting of the spirit,' shortly to be manifested by the outletting of innocent blood; and one Smith, a weaver at the Strutherdike, an inspired man, had also encouraged them all to go forward, seeing that God's glory was the only motive that was moving them to offer themselves to act for his broken down work.' These men not happening to find Carmichael, were on the point of dispersing, when a lad running up, suddenly informed them that the coach of Archbishop Sharp was then coming on, upon the road between Ceres and Blebo Hole. Thus, Carmichael escaped, but an archbishop was a sacrifice, caught in the thicket, more costly than the ram. 'Truly,' said they, this is of God, and it seemeth that God hath delivered him into our hands; let us not draw back, but pursue him, for all looked upon it, considering the former circumstances, as a clear call from God to fall upon him.' We may anticipate what tender mercies the Archbishop might count upon, from a gang of such enthusiasts; and the circumstances of a prelate murdered at the feet of his daughter, with the curious conversation that accompanies this act, only proves that fanaticism is of the same malignant type and character, whether she be engendered in the clan, or the conclave, the kirk, or the cathedral.

It has been said, that whatever is made with the intention of answering two purposes, will answer neither of them well. This is for the most part true, with respect to the inventions and productions of man; but the very reverse of this would seein to obtain, in all the operations of the Godhead. In the great laboratory of nature, many effects of the