Opportunity, Let slip, proof of imbecility, 1472 Loss of, what lost by, 1473 Master of human destiny, 1474 Not seized, flies away, 1475 Poor use of, instance, 1476 Often lost by deliberation, 1477 Take the current when it serves, 1478 The, neglected, 1479 To-day it is offered, 1480 Oppressors, There are sharks in the ocean, 1481 Orators, All, are dumb, when beauty, 1482 Parent, Ambitious, misdirect children, 1483 Be not ashamed, if yours, humble, 1484 Effect of neglect of children, by, 1485 Remember not toil endured for, 1486 Parents, Good conduct of, blesses children, 1487 If fools, apt to make children so, 1488 We know not their worth, till lost, 1489 Parting, Like ships on the sea, 1490 Proves a kind of anguish, 1491 Passion, Control yours, 1492 Nothing like silence, 1493 Past, Comes not back, witness three things, 1494 Let by-gones be, 1495 Stirs man more than future, 1496 Path, Beaten, safe one, 1497 Pearl, Often hidden in ugly shell, 1498 Pen, The tongue of the mind, 1499 People, How to wake them, 1500 Perfection, Not in this world, 1501 Permanence, As the sun's shadow shifts, 1502 Perseverance, Makes mole-hills of mountains, 1503 Scottish, proverbial, 1504 Persistence, Necessity of, 1505 Petitions, Strengthened by gold, 1506 Philanthropy, Its satisfaction, 1507 True instance of, 1508 Phillips, Wendall, anecdote of, 1509 Physician, First patient, etc., 1510 His best fee producer, 1511 Real, of mankind, 1512 Satire upon, 1513 Physic, For the most part, is, 1514 Pity, Godlike, acted on, 1515 Plants, Fresh and fair, when, 1516 Pleasure, Brevity of, 1517 Dignity in, as well as in business, 1518 Greatest, what is, 1519 How made pleasant, 1520 Makes acquaintances, 1521 Oft sweetest in memories, 1522 Sometimes comes from flattery, 1523 The most delicate and sensible, 1524 Pneumonia, One way of avoiding, 1525 Poets, Modern, mix water with milk, 1526 Politeness, An essential ingredient of, 1527 Instance of, in small boy, 1528 Instance of true, 1529 Natural to delicate natures, 1530 True, everywhere the same, 1531 Politics, Are now, 1532 Poor, Few except the poor, feel for them, 1533 Folks' wisdom, 1534 He that thinks he can, 1535 Poor and content, 1536 Speak gently to, 1537 The, be mindful of, 1538 The, kings when, 1539 The, wait not to relieve, 1540 The, why they complain, 1541 The world avoids, 1542 Portraits, Husband and wife, mottoes under, 1543 Position, Not every easy, is soft, 1544 Poverty, Cannot be hidden, 1545 Grows heavier when, 1546 Is in want of much, 1547 Poor man resembles fiddler, etc., 1548 Power, Love of, instinct of human heart, 1549 Often goes before talent, 1550 Often silences the law, 1551 Partnership with men in, not safe, 1552