Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1845-08-14
TRAITS or M0aaL coURAGE IN

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EFB9K BAX LIFE.
Have the courage to discharge a debt
while you have got the money 10 YOU
/ pocket. Have the courage TO do without
that which you do not need, however
much you may admire il. Have the
courage 10 speak your mind when is is
necessary that you should do so, and 10
hold your tongue when il is better that
| you should be silent. Have the courage
to speak TO friend in "seedy" coat,
even IN the street, and when rich one is
nigh the effort is less than many people
take il to be, and the act is worthy king.
| Have the courage 10 set down every pen
/ ny you spend, and add il up ireekly.-
| Have the courage 10 pass your hosts
lackey at the door, without giving him a
shilling, when you know you cannot af-
/ ford it--and, what is more, that The man
has not earned it. Have the courage to
own that you are poor, aud you dsarm
poverty OF her sharpest sting. Have the
! courage 10 laugh al your personal defects,
and the world will be deprived Of that
pleasure, by being reminded OF their own.
Have the courage TO admit that you have
been in the wrong, and you will remove
the fact from the mind Of Others, putting
a desirable impression in the place Of an
unfavorabe one. Have the courage TO
adhere to a first resolution when you can.
not change il for better, aud to aoan.
don it al the eleventh hour, upon convic.
| ton. Have the courage to acknowledge
your age to day, and to compare it with
the average life of man. Have the cour.
age to make will, and, what is more, a
Just one. Have The courage to face a
difficulty, lest it kick you harder than
you bargain for difficulties, like thieves,
often disappear at a glance. Have the
courage to avoid accommodation bills,
however badly you want money: and to
decline pecuniary assistance from your
deares, friend. Have the courage TO shut
your eyes at the prospect Of large profits,
and to be content with small ones. Have
the courage to tell man why you will
not lend him your money he will res.
pect you more than if you tell him you
can't. Have the courage to "cut" tho
most agreeable acquaintance you possess,
when he convinces you TINT he lacks
principle "a friend should bear with
friends nfrm.ies his vices
Have the courage TO show your prefer
ence for honesty, IN whatever guise it ap-
pears and your contempt for vice, sur.
rounded by attractions. Have the cour-
age TO give, occasionally, that which you
can i'll afford to spare; giving what you
do not want nor value, neither brings nor
deserves thanks, in return who is CRATE
ful for drink Of water from another's
OVERLOOKING well, however delicious the
draught? Have the courage TO wear
your old garments tin you can pay for
new ones, Have the courage TO obey
your Maker, at the risk Of being ridiculed
by man. Have the courage to wear thick
boots in winter, and to insist upon your
wife and daughters doing the like. Have
the courage 10 acknowledge ignorance of
any kind; every body will Immediately
doubt you, and give you more credit than
any false professions could secure
Have the courage to prefer proPrtety TO
fasbion-one is but tho abuse Of the other.
Have the courage to listen to your wife,
when you should do so, and not 80 listen
when you should not. This applies to
husbands Have the courage to provide
frugal dinner for a friend, whom you
delight to honor" when YOU couno, at-
ford wine, offer him porter; the impor-
lance Of most things is that which we
ourselves attach to them. Have the
courage TO ask visitor to excuse you
when his presence inlerlyres VITA your
convenience. Have the courage 90 throw
your snuff box into the fire or the melt.
ing pot, to pass a tobaccouis's shop, and
TO decline the use Of aiend's box, OF
even one pinch. Have the courage TO be
independent If you can, and &C, lndepen-
IDENTIFY when you may.-Engiisa Gentle