Constantine republican. [volume] (Constantine, Mich.) 1836-1838, 1838-03-28
room. The hearts warmth can do much
to Withstand the winters cold; and there Is
hope and there is honor in this virtuous in
dipencc.

! digencc.
The MIDDLE CLAssEs.--Iti is in the mid
die classes Of society that all the finest feel.
ings, and the most amiable propensiiies of
our nature, do principally flourish and a.
bound. For the good opinion Of our fellow
mon is the strongest, though not the puress
motive to virtue. The privatons Of power.
ty, render us too cold and callous, and the
privileges Of property, too arrogant and
consequential TO feel the first, places US
beneath the influence of opinion, the second.
above Il.
SANDER cannot make the sub.
iecls of II either better or worse. II may
represent us in false light, or place like.
ness ofus in bad one, but we are the same:
not SO the siandercr for calumny always
makes the caumniator worse, but the ca
Illuminated, never.
Dull authors will measure our Judgment
not by our abilities, but b, their own con.
ceit. TO admire their vapidity, is to have
superior taste; to despise it, is TO have
none.
Truth can hardly be expected to adapt
herselfto the crooked policy, and willy sinu.
osiiies of worldly affairs ; for, like light it
travels only in straight limos.
HOPE IN SICKNESS.
There was brilliant flush
OF youth about her-and her kndng eye
Pourd such unearthly light, that Hope would
hang
Even on the atcher's arrow, while it dropp'd
Deep poison. MRS. sIooURNEr.
WISDOM. EVERY fool knows how often
he has been rogue but every rogue does
not know how often he has been fool.
The refinement of graceful mind and
happy manner is very contagious. Con.
vol sa;ion. as a means of conveying instruc-
ton in the various studies, is better school
than parents and masters think for there
was time when all Information was given
orally; and probably the Amenians gained
more from hearing Aristotle, than we do
from reading him.
MAxIM.--lf you want enemies, excel
others If you want friends, let others ex.
eel you.
Young girls, who have more vivacity than
understanding, will often make q sprightly
figure in conversation. But this agreeable
talent for entertaining others is frequently
dangerous 10 themselves nor is it by any
means to be desired or encouraged very
early in life. This irnmnturity Of wit is
helped on by frivolous reading which will
produce its effect in much less time than
books Of solid instruction; for the imagi.
nation is touched sooner than the under.
standing; and effects are more rapid as they
arc more pernicious. Conversation should
| bo tI,a ro.,,lt af oJr tha
sor of it. II is golden fruit. when suf.
fered to grow gradually on the tree Of know
ledge but, if precipitated by forced and
unnatural means, il will, in the end, become
vapid, in proportion as 1t is artificial.
DEsPoNDENcY.
Sorrow treads heavily and leaves behind
deep impression cen when she departs
While Joy trips by, with steps light as the wind,
And scarcely leaves trace upon our hearts
| OF her faint footballs only this is surs,
In this world nought save misery can endure,
! MRS. EMBURY.
Confidence is not always tie growth Of
time. There are minds that meet each other
with a species of affinity that resembles the
cohesive properties of matter, and with a
| promptitude and faith tina. only belongs to
the purcr essence of which they are CON-
posed.
Treason is like diamonds, nothing can be
made of it by the small dealer.
| UNFAITHFULNESS.
Thou hast lost tho love Of faithful heart,
| And the light of faithful eye,
Things whose deep worth We value not,
Till they're past forever by.
MRS L. p. SMITH.
Vanity is the prime mover, in most, il
not all Of us, and some of the actions and
works that have the most excited our ad.
miraiion, have been inspired by this pas.
sion, that none will own to, yet that inhucn-
ces all.
Conversation is the daughter Of reason.
ing, the mother Of knowledge, the breath OF
the soul, the commerce of hearts, the bond
of friendship, the nourishment of content,
and the occupation Of men Of wit.