Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1845-07-05


Traits Of moro, Courage d" Every Day Life
Have the courage to discharge debt while
you have got the money in your pocket. Have
the courage to do without that which you do not |
need, however much you may admire it. Have
the courage to speak your mind when it is me-
ccssary that you should do so, and to hold your
tongue when it is better that you should be si
lent. Have the courage to speak to a friend in
n 'sccdy'' coat even in the street, and when a
rich one is nigh the effort is less than many
people take it to be, and the act is worthy
king. Have the courage 10 set down every
penny you spend, and add it up rcehy. Have
the courage to pass your hosts lackey at the
door, without giving him a shilling, when you
know YOU cannot afford it-and, what is more,
that the man has not earned it. Have the cou-
rage to own that you are poor, and you dsarm
poverty Of her sharpest sting. Have the cou-
rage to laugh at your personal defects, and the
world will be deprived of that pleasure, by be-
ing reminded of their own. Have the courage
to admit that you have been in the wrong, and
yen will remove the fact from the mind of o.
theirs, putting a desirable impression in the
place of an unavorable one. Have the courage
10 adhere to first resolution when you cannot
change it for BETTER and to abandon it at the
eleventh hour, upon conviction. Have the cou-
rage to acknoW ledge your age to day. and to
compare it with the average life Of man. Have
the courage to mrke will and, what is MORE
Just one. Have the courage to face diff.
Guilty, lest it kick you harder than you bargain
for difficulties, like thieves, often disappear
at glance. Have the courage to avoid ac
commodaton bills, however badly you want
money and to decline pecuniary assistance
from your dearest friend Have the courage
to shut your eyes at the prospect of large pro-
fits, and to be content with small ones. Have
the courage TO tell man why you will not
lend HIM your money: he will respect you
more than it you tell him you can't. Have the
courage 10 "cut' the most agreeable acquoint-
ance you possess, when he convinces you that
he lacks principle: ga friend should bear with
a friends ntirmites' his vices. Have
the courage to show your preference for hon
esty, in whatever guise it appears and your
contempt for vice, surrounded by attractions
Have the courage 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 grateful for
drink of water from another's overAowng
well, however delicious the draught! Have
the courage to wear your old garments till 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
to acknowledge ignorance of any kind every
body will Immediately doubt you, and give you
more credit than any false pretensions could
secure. Have the courage to prefer proprieiy
to fdShion-one is but the abuse OF the other.
Have the courage to listen to your wife, when
you should do so, and not to listen when you
should not. This applies to husbands. Have
the courage TO provide frugal dinner for n
friend, whom you delight to honor > when you
cannot afford wine, offer him porter the i'm.
portance Of most things is that which we our.
selves attach TO them. Have the courage to
ask vlster to excuse you when his presence
interferes with your convenience. Have the
courage to throw your snuff box into the fire OIL
the melting pot, to pass tobacconist's shop
and to decline the use OF a friends box, or ever
one pinch. Have the courage to be Independent
you can, and act independently when you
may.-EngHsh Gentleman.