Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1836-04-01
From the Philadelphia National GaDtte,
HINTS FOR ri! L SE ASON.

The foundations of knowledge and vIr
tae, are laid in our youth; ilat any other
ii me, the structure lAust be insecure and
imperlecI.
He that will not hear the Ldmenition O.
friend, deserves to feel the correction OF
an enemy.
A warm heart requires a cool head.
Fancy without judgment, is all sail and
no ballast.
Try to love Iabors if you do not want
it for food you may Tor physic
He who spends most Of his time In
mere sports and recreaIions, is like him
whose garments are made altogether of
fringe, aud whose diet is nVtAing but
sauce.
Liberty unreasouably obtained, is apt
to be intemperately used.
industrious wisdom often preveRts what
lazy folks thiRk inevitable.
The death which prevents dotage comes
more opportuncly than that which ends it
No trees bear fruit ia Autumn, unless
they blossom in the Spring.
Happy is the man who can be acquit
ted py himseH in private, and others 10
pubic.
There Is an excellent contagIon in good
ness; we may be kndled like green wood
by neighboriLg aame.
We may be kept from doing i'll as we'll
by dread of our enemies, as defeEeRce for
our friends.
Temperance in youth is the assurance
Of vigorous old age, Excess net only
brings grey hairs, but green years, with
sorrow to the grave.
Let US not Judge Of a book by the auth
or, but Of the author by the book.
Without reading the best natural parts
beceme dry and barren.
Religion is The best armor, but the worst
cloak.
lie who speaks against religion, may
be suspected OF Oelng iretted by il in his
conscience.-Fhe galled jade Winces and
Alngs.
Strive to be either agreeable or useful;
thus only is it that the world Can be gain
ed.
Society must be occasionally changed
to avoid dulness or ennui. Even the best
may grow iasipid and liresOme.
Chustian patience is surer than stoical
resolution. The one calms, the other be
Rumbs the soul.
The less the occasion for sin, the worse
At is in old age; it is like shadows towards
the evening-enormous.
When ST. Paul bids US pray without
ceasing, he means that our words AnG &C
tions should always be ConformabIe to
reason aud religion. Constant virtue is
ceaseless prayer.
1t an error to condemn pleasures mere
ly as such: they may be innocent as we'll
as criminal.
Let outh be aware that the first i'm
presslons which the world takes of us sci
dom or never wear out.
10 all disputes between power and llt
erty, power must be proved, the presUmF
tion is on the side Of liberty.
A man ofreal probity and sound reason
will hold on his course and practice
though the world should dispute his char
acter and question his happiness, he will
be satisfied with the attainment Of his owl
ends.
The more we sink into the infrmitles
Of age, the nearer we are to immortal
youth. In the next world there is Hoth
lnh but youth and spring.
He that charges an enemy, does not
show himself more brave than he whO
holds up against severe disease.
1t IS great happiness to have vIrtuouf
parents, relations; tutors, and domestics
it is from them that we receive our prime
Piles and habits.
AS the world goes, moderate reforma
ton is q great point: lot US ne. complain
when thai can be cOmpassed.
tits not difficult to epicurIze upon Iii
tie fortune. Sobriety, sense, g. the atfec
tions, yield an enviable harvest within a
small and quiet sphere.
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