Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-05-25


70 among the people; he VINO mas wealth. Is e'@"
a sage. ,,.
xiii sus ,he Golfers of those who employ 1t
neither in liberality or food.
Smnsr6c;al knowledge; pleasure dearly pur-
chased; and subsistence al the VIII OF ano'"e''
80. ,hree are the disgrace of mankind.
Thro.oh avarice man loses his understand
;n. and bv his thirst for wealth, he gives pain
- ,he inhabitants Of the other world, and oil
this. $3.50,
Empty is the house Of childless man, as
empty is the mind of bachelor; empty are all
quarters of the world to an Ignorant man; out
poverty is total emptiness.
How can that delight, which the goldly- mind
ed feel, who taste the nectar of content, De ieit
by those who covet wealth, and Hutter about
from place 10 place.
The wealth of covetous man is the same
with respect to others, as money never enjoyed;
it is his property, and when lost he oeeome'h
miserable. :.
Liberality, attended with mild language; di'
vine learning, without pride; valor united with
mercy; wealth, accompanied with generous
contempt of il: these four qualities are with dill
fcuity acquired. :,
Wise and learned men seek not unattainable
things, srieve not for what is lost, and VeA not
themselves in the hour oftanger.
Lions, elephants and brave men, leave their
country and prosper; while ravens, towards,
and deer, remain in theirs and perish.
Frogs repair TO small pond, fish to iull
lake; but ali the wealth Of others, comes TO a
man who exerts himself.
The goddess of prosperity hastens volunta
rily to inhabit the mansion Of that brave man,
who lives con,ented, dispatches his business,
knows the difference Of actions, is able to bear
misfortunes, and is firm in friendship!
A hero, even without riches, attains an IN
crease of honor, but base man, with all his
collected wealth, treads the path ofinfamy.
As death is apprehended by all animals, so
the apprehensions Of the rich from kings, from
water, from FIRE, from robbers, from relations,
never cease!
Leta man first choose his king, then his wife,
and then acquire his property.
By means Of the good, are the good extrica-
ted from difficulties; as elephants who stick in
quagmire, can be drawn out only by elephants.
Not in mother, not in wives, not in twin
brother, not in son, can men have such con-
6dence, as in friend united by conformity Of
disposition!
An union producing true affection, the delight,
Of both eyes and heart, precious vase, in which
to deposite both pleasure and pain, is hard TO
be acquired; but such friends, as in time OF
prosperity make hustle through desire Of gain,
are every where to be found. Their sincerity
must be tried by the touchstone Of adversely.
He who leaves things certain, and pursues
things uncertain, loses what he had obtained,
and misses what he expects.
BY the fall Of water drops the pot is filled /;
such is the increase Of riches, OF knowledge,
and of virtue.
Gain all you can, and wha, you gain, keep
with care; what you keep, increase, and what
you increase, bestow OIL good works.
The man who neither gives in charity, nor
enjoys his wealth, which every day increases,
breathes, indeed, like the bellows Of smith,;
but he cannot be said to live.
Let man, who remarks the speedy waste OF
eye water, and the quick increase OF white
ants nest, suffer no day to pass unfruitiul IN
charity, study and good works
OF an animal plunged in the ocean, fallen
from mountain, or bitten by snake, the al
loted will Of heaven preserves the life.
A king over-merciiul, priest oyer-greedy,
and woman disobedient 10 her husband, an
i'll disposed companion, an unruly servant, a
negligent counsellor, and he who acknowledges
not benefit received: these seven are to be dis
missed.