Keep Your Mouth Shut

Don't talk too mucli. Learn liow to be silent. There is n ithiog like the nian or iromaa that can keep the inouth shut. Not that people BDoald always keep the tongue still- it is made tor ue- but there are times when silence is the bestand most effective reply. When aboorspeaks roughly or uncivilly to you ; when you are asked au impertinentquestion ; whcna man wishes to argue politics ; wheo a sneer is conveyed under cover of' an inquiry for infurmation, or when, having appealed to you on a question of' taste, your opinión is met with ridicule- the best answer in these or like exigenciesis inasterl'ul silence. Silence bereserve powor, conscious strengtb, dignity, selfcommand, and nothing is at times M effecüve as the silence which springs from contempt. He who can endure reproach silently, or keej) silent under trying circumstances, isa manof nocommou character.