67. The personal pronoun "I," might well be the coat of arms of some individuals. Rivalor.

68. Self-made men are most always apt to be too proud of the job. H. W. Shaw. 69. People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy after. Goldsmith.

70. A proud man is always hard to be pleased, because he hath too great expectations from others. Richard Baxter.

CHAPTER XXVII.

OBDURACY.

Fools are stubborn in their way,
As coins are harden'd by th' alloy;
And obstinacy's ne'er so stiff
As when 'tis in a wrong belief.

Butler.

1. Obstinacy and heat in argument are the surest proof of folly. Is there anything so stubborn, obstinate, disdainful, contemplative, grave or serious, as an ass?

Montaigne.

2. Do not think of knocking out another person's brains becauses he differs in opinion from you. It would be as rational to knock yourself on the head because you differ from yourself ten years ago.

Horace Mann.

3. We may print, but not stereotype, our Archbishop Whately.

opinions.

4. He that is not open for conviction, is

not qualified for discussion.

Archbishop Whatley.

5. A man must be both stupid and uncharitable, who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side. Addison.

6. It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into. Dean Swift.

7. Obstinacy and vehemency in opinion are the surest proofs of stupidity.

Miss Lucy Barton.

8. We think very few people sensible, except those who are of our opinion.

La Rochefoucauld.

9. We should always keep a corner of our heads open and free, that we may make room for the opinions of our friends. Let us have heart and head hospitality.

Joseph Joubert.

10. The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't. H. W. Beecher. II. He that will not reflect is a ruined man. Old Proverb. 12. If you do what you should not, you must bear what you would not.

Franklin.

13. We must always think our opinions are right, but not think our opinions right always. Archbishop Whately. 14. He who establishes his argument by noise and command, shows that his reason is weak. Montaigne.

15. To maintain an opinion because it is thine, and not because it is true, is to prefer thyself above truth. Ralph Venning.

16. Obstinacy is ever most positive, when it is most in the wrong. Mme. Necker. 17. Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong.

Dryden.

18. It is an argument of great wisdom to do nothing rashly-nor to be obstinate and inflexible in our opinions.

Thomas à Kempis.

19. The foolish and the dead alone never

change their opinions.

Lowell.

Lavater.

20. He who deals in contradictions will never be contradicted.

21. Men who are self-willed are in demeanor perverse and forward, stiff and stubborn, with much inconvenience to others, and commonly with more to themselves. I. Barrow.

22. Self-opinion is the blind goddess of fools.

Chilo. 23. People first abandon reason and become obstinate; and the deeper they are in error, the more angry they are.

Hugh Blair.

24. Opinionative men will believe nothing but what they can comprehend, and there are but a few things that they are able to comprehend. St. Evremond. 25. No men are so often in the wrong, as those who pretend to be always in the right. La Rochefoucauld.

26. The strongest heads are commonly the weakest. Lavater.

27. He who will take no advice, but be always his own counsellor, shall be sure to have a fool for his client. John Hunter.

28. Man should not be stubborn as the cedar, but pliant as a reed. Talmud. 29. He who cannot bear one word of reproof, will have to bear many.

Jewish Proverb.

30. The obstinate man does not hold opinions but they hold him.

Samuel Butler.