Love thy children with impartial love; the hope oft errs that you place on the more promising, and all your joy may come from him that you have kept in the background.
BENEDICT OF OXFORD, 1195.
(Trans. Joseph Jacobs.)
III
THERE are seven marks of an uncultured, and seven of a wise, man. The wise man does not speak before him who is greater than he in wisdom, and does not break in upon the speech of his fellow; he is not hasty to answer; he questions according to the subject-matter, and answers to the point; he speaks upon the first thing first, and upon the last, last; regarding that which he has not understood, he says, ‘I do not understand it’, and he acknowledges the truth.
ETHICS OF THE FATHERS.
THE DUTY OF HOLINESS
I AM the Lord your God: sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy; for I am holy.
LEVITICUS 11. 44.