THE ART OF LETTING THINGS ALONE.

The more so the wilder the waves of public or of private life. There are huricanes in human affairs, tempest of passion, when it is wise to retire to a harbor and ride it out at anchor.

Remedies often make diseases worse; in such cases one has to leave them to their natural course and the moral influence of time. It takes a wise doctor to know when not to prescribe and at times the greater skill consists in not applying the remedies.

The proper way to still the storms of the vulgar is to hold yourself back and let them calm down by themselves.

To give way now is to conquer by and by.

A fountain gets muddy with but little stirring up and does not get clear by our meddling with it but by our leaving it alone.

The best remedy for disturbances is to let them run their course, for so they quiet down.