The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-07-31 00:00:00

VARIETIES.

DRESS contains the two codes of morality, private and pub-
lic.

ALL men wish to have truth on their side ; but few to be on
the side of truth.

'CAN a man who specially employs a barrister be said to keep
his own counsel ?

AN ITALIAN proverb says that " the smiles of beauty are the
tears of a purse."
READERS of poetry hear the bells, and seldom mind what
they are ringing for.
OPINIONS grounded upon prejudice are always maintained
With the greatest violence.
ATTENTION is the duty we owe to others, cleanliness that
which we owe to ourselves. _ _ _

MEN miss truth more often from their indifference about it,
than from intellectual incapacity.
_ _

A GOOD housewife should be as familiar with the flower-
garden as with the flour-barrel.

WE can be as little certain of other men in the present as we
can be of ourselves in the future.
TRUE joy is a serene and sober motion, and they are miser-
ably out who take laughing for rejoicing.
WE ought not to judge of men's merits by their qualifica-
tions, but by the use they make of them.
MANY persons entertain false views of real life who have yet
the justest perceptions of human nature.
DID you ever know anybody to go to a knife-box for a knife,
but was always sure to get hold of a fork first.
SEVERE trials call into force those reserved forces of forti-
tude which give the victory in the battle of life.
A sox of Titian was skilled in dyeing hair, and, it is said,
made more money than his father did by painting.
THE temper which recognizes the good that is in the world,
is more maturely wise than that which searches for evil.
IT is the man who determines the dignity of the occupation,
not the octtipation which measures the dignity of the man.
ALCOHOL was first invented and used to stain the cheeks of
the ladies of Arabia 950 years. ago. It still reddens portions
of the human face. _

A PROFESSOR, whose pupils made too much noise, let the
following naivete slip out :—" Gentlemen, if everybody be
silent, we shall be better able to discover who makes the row.. "
IT was a saying of a great divine, that he had found more
good in " bad ' people, and more bad in " good " people, than
ever he expected. . .

IT is a Common mistake to account those things necessary
which are superfluous, and to depend upon fortune for the
felicity of life, which arises only from virtue.
Booxs are the true levellers ; they give to all who will
faithfully use them, the society, the spiritual presence of the
best and greatest of our race.
HE who esteems trifles for themselves is a trifler ; he who
esteems them for the conclusions to be drawn from them,
or the advantage to which they can be put, is a philosopher.
AN Irish witness being recently asked what he knew of the
prisoner's character for honesty and veracity, replied, " Why,
in'troth, yer honour, since iver I've known her she has kept
her house clane and dacent !"

CURRAN being angry in a debate one day, put his hand on
his heart, saying, "I am the trusty guardian of my honour."
"Then," replied Sir Boyle Roach, " I congratulate my honour-
able friend on the snug sinecure to which he has appointed
himself."

TRUE POETRY FROM THE PERSIAN.—The heavens are a
point from the pen of God's
.perfection; the world is a bud
from the bower of his beauty; the sun is a spark from the
light of his wisdom ; .and the sky is a bubble on the sea of his
power. His beauty is free from the spot of sin, hidden in the
thick veil of darkness; he made mirrors of the atoms of the
world, and a reflection from his own face on every atom.
THE IDLER.--The idle man is an annoyance—a nuisance.
He is of no benefit to anybody—he is an intruder in the busy
thoroughfare in every-day life—he stands in our path, and we
push him contemptuously aside; he is of no advantage to any-
body—he annoys busy men—he makes them unhappy—he is
a unit in society—he may have an income to support him in
idleness, or lie may " sponge" on his good-natured friends ;
but in either case he is despised.—Literary Journal.
To the intelligent and virtuous, old agg presents a scene of
tranquil enjoyments, of obedient appetite, of well-regulated
affections, of maturity in knowledge, and of calm preparation
for immortality. In this serene and dignified state, placed as
it were on the confines of two worlds, the mind of a good man
reviews what is past with the complacency of an approved
conscience, and looks forward with humble confidence in the
mercy of God, and with devout aspirations towards his eternal
and ever increasing favour.—Percival.

A TENDER REMEMBRANCE.—As a certain musician, who
had a very bad voice, was singing one day, he took notice of a
woman 'who fell a-crying. Imagining that the sweetness of
his melody awakened some passion in her breast, he began to
sing louder, and she to weep more bitterly. He had no
sooner ended the song than going to the lady he asked her
'why she cried ? " Oh," she said, " I am the unfortunate
woman whose ass the wolves destroyed yesterday ; and no
Boner did .I hear you sing but I thought on my poor ass, for
fArely never were voices so much alike."