March 26

But he that keepeth the law, happy is he.—PROV. xxix, 18.

The happiness of human kind Consists in rectitude of mind, A will subdu'd to reason's sway, And passions practic'd to obey; An open and a gen'rous heart, Refin'd from selfishness and art; Patience which mocks at fortune's power.

Silence is the perfectest herald of Joy: I were but little Happy, if I could say how much.

SHAKESPEARE.

The Happiness of the human race in this world does not consist in our being devoid of Passions, but in our learning to command them.

FROM THE FRENCH.

He must be Miserable who does not consider him- self Happy, although he could command the Uni- verse; no man can be Happy who does not think himself so, for it signifies not how exalted soever your station may be, if it appears to you bad.

SENECA.

Contentment produces, in some measure, all those effects which the Alchemist usually ascribes to what he calls the Philosopher's Stone; and if it does not bring Riches, it does the same thing by banishing the desire of them.

ADDISON.