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582 Every thought willingly contemplated, everevery [sic] word meaningly spoken, every action freely done, consolidates itself in the character, and will project itself onward in a permanent continuity. —.

We cannot keep thieves from looking in at our windows, but we need not give them entertainment with open doors. —.

Be not troubled by the wanderings of your imagination which you cannot restrain. How often do we wander through the fear of wandering and the regret that we have done so. What would you say of a traveler who, instead of constantly advancing in his journey, should employ his time in anticipating the falls he might suffer, or in weeping over the place where one had happened? —.

Time wasted is existence, used is life. —.

Dost thou love life? then do not squander time; for that is the stuff life is made of. —.

Make use of time, if thou valuest eternity. Yesterday cannot be recalled; to-morrow cannot be assured; to-day only is thine, which, if thou procrastinatest, thou losest, which loss is lost forever. —.

Time,—that black and narrow isthmus between two eternities. —.