290 ONE THOUSAND FAMOUS THINGS

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Today and Tomorrow

s have to live today by what truth we can get, and be
ready tomorrow to call it falsehood. William James

The Stars and the Rocks

IT is often a temptation to throw the compass overboard
and steer by the stars, but those who do are apt to get
on the rocks. J. A. Spender

It Does Not Follow

IT does not follow that because old men have made
mistakes young men are infallible. J". A. Spender

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Do Not Write It Down

IH, no, do not write it down. If you write it
it can be rescinded. St Francis

Stronger Than Evil
npHE Gates of Thought are stronger than
I the Gates of Hell. Hegel
Quiet Conversation
SILENCE—a conversation with an Englishman*
Heinrich Heine
The Rainbow
IF life an empty bubble be,
How sad for those who cannot see
The rainbow in the bubble.
Frederick Locker-Lampson
His Best Friends
/^OME, my best friends, my books, and lead me on.
\^ Abraham Cowley
All He Wanted
who lived in a tub was sitting in the sun one day when
Alexander passed by, and, seeing a man of such simple needs,
the emperor said to him, What can I do for you ?
Please get out of my light, said Diogenes.
The Pride of Humility
DIOGENES : I tread the ambition of Plato under my feet.
Plato : Yet in how great pride swellest thyself, O Diogenes,
while thou tHnkcst thyself to tread any man's pride under thy feet.