Some say that kissing's a sin; But I think it's nane ava, For kissing has wonn'd[1051:A] in this warld Since ever that there was twa. Oh! if it wasna lawfu', Lawyers wadna allow it; If it wasna holy, Ministers wadna do it; If it wasna modest, Maidens wadna tak' it; If it wasna plenty, Puir folk wadna get it. --_Burns._ FOOTNOTES: [1051:A] Won. 1052 Knowledge is a comfortable and necessary retreat and shelter for us in an advanced age; and if we do not plant it while young, it will give us no shade when we grow old. 1053 Ask the young people: they know everything! 1054 A Persian philosopher being asked by what method he had acquired so much knowledge, replied, "By not being prevented by shame from asking questions respecting things of which I was ignorant." 1055 Knowledge is not gained on a bed of roses. 1056 If you have knowledge let others light their candles at it. --_Fuller._ 1057 Men may acquire knowledge, but not wisdom. Some of the greatest fools the world has known have been learned men. 1058 I have never yet found a man who did not know something of which I was ignorant. 1059 If we do not plant it (knowledge) when young, it will give us no shade when we are old. 1060 Knowledge without practice is like a glass eye, all for show, and nothing for use. 1061 _Johnson_:--I remember very well when I was at Oxford, an old gentleman said to me,--"Young man, ply your book diligently now, and acquire a stock of knowledge; for when years come upon you, you will find that poring upon books will be but an irksome task." --_Boswell's Johnson._ 1062 The Earl of Morton said at John Knox's grave,-- "He lies there who never feared the face of man." L 1063 LABOR. The beauty and blessedness of labor are finely presented by John Greenleaf Whittier:-- Give fools their gold, and knaves their power; Let fortune's bubbles rise and fall; Who sows a field, or trains a flower, Or plants a tree, is more than all. For he who blesses most is blest; And God and man shall own his worth Who toils to leave, as his bequest An added beauty to the earth. 1064 Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them. 1065 The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of all pleasures. --_Vauvenargues._ 1066 I have also seen the world, and after long experience have discovered that ennui is our greatest enemy, and remunerative labor our most lasting friend. --_Moser._ 1067 LABOR. Some relaxation is necessary to people of every degree; the head that thinks, and the hand that labors, must have some little time to recruit their diminished powers.