The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1851-05-09

we speak the truth. '-iss .ssa -sSs -"
We should do our utmost to enconrao1
the beautiful, for the useful encourages r.
self. 9s T ss'ss
Some have the folly to be ridiculous;
some have the vanity to be ridiculous; very
few have the courage to be ridiculous. IL
The best part of beauty is that which q
picture cannot express. 81 s.ii ia
The gem cannot be polished without
friction, nor man perfected without ad.
versity.' saus.s
Divisions are satan's powder rlo:s to
blow up religion. bse9e
Were we to take as much pains to be
what we ought, as we do to disguise what
we are, we might appear like ourselves.
without being al the trouble of any dis
guise at all. 4aee .-s
That charity, which longs to publish H.
sell, ceases to be charity. 80
Loveis Of the nature of burning glass
which kept still in one place, fireth:
changed often, it doth nothing.
Judgment--a faculty of which many
people have not enough to discover that
they want more. ee
Nature never says one thing, and Wis
dom another. s
Ruling ones anger well is not so good
as preventing it.
The hardest thing to hold in this world
IS an unruly tongue. 1t beats hot smooth
ing iron and kicking horse.
He, that undertakes a long march, should
not have tight shoes.
Sincerely 10 aspire after virtue, is to
gain her; and zealously TO labor after her
wages, is to receive them. u5 .sass
Advice, like snow, the softer it fails. the
longer it dwells upon, and the deeper
il sinks into the mind. E
Laziness travels so slowly, that poverty
soon overtakes her.
A mans life is tower with staircase
of many steps, that, as he toileth upward,
crumble successively behind him. iassa
Our incomes should be like our shoes:
if too small, they will gall and pinch us;
but if too large, they will causesus to STUN
BILE and to trip. l4s- SAT S. .svs.s8
jealousy is secret avowal we make Of
our own inferiority. sa.4l
The generality of men have. like plants,
some hidden properties which chance
alone discovers. @ aifsH
When man chooses the rewards Of vir-
tue, he should remember that to resign the
pleasures of vice is part of his, bargain.
II isH base and narrow mind 70 which
suspicion is natural.
The. reason why the pangs Of shame
and jealousy are so sharp is this-vanitv
gives US no assistance in supporting them.
To know the pains of power, we musl
go to those who have it; to know its plea
sures. we must go to those who are seek
ing it. 1913 a2 2ai92 ssoa'
The purest altar Of love is the heart Of
mother. ~ ~ .' ~
Ballads-vocal portraits Of the national
mind. @ 8stHi s4 -esFs8
Malice keeps no holidays. a7sa sai
Less judgment than wit is more sail
than ballast. rrsr-g srrtr7
Hasty words often rankle the wound
which injury gives, but soft words assuage
It. forgiving cures it, and forgetting takes
away the scar. aI9
True liberty allows each individual to
do all the good he can for himself, with-
out injurings his neighbor. Sa W saal
In literature, as in finance, much paper
and much poverty may exist. sR l6asH
Slander is the revenge OF a coward, and
his defence. 4 as as4f
Rhetoric-the quackery of Eloquence,
which deals in uostrums not in cures.
There are some who write, talk, and
think so much about vice and virtue, that
hey have no time to practice either the
one orthe other. A m ,b1pi
Be sure your ground is good. and then
be sure you maintain your ground.
q Did universal charity prevail. earth
would be heaven, and bella fable. ga
Avarice starves his keeper. 10 surfeit
hose who wish him dead. ss ssa soa&
II is less difficult to hide a thousand
pounds than a holeain ones coat. "a isla
Fattery is compounded Of the most
'ordid, hateful qualities incident to man
lind, viz:-lying, servility and treachery.
He whose first emotion, on the view Of
m excellent production, is to underYalue
t, will never have one Of his own to show,
Gravity-a mysterysof the body. inven-
ed to conceal the defects of the understand
ling 50 sagq s9ft sas aaa ei ,bisyA
Hate not opinions for being contrary 10
hine own. tits not certain but thou thy
self mayest be in the wrong.
He who spends all his time in sports is
ike one who wears nothing but Iringes,
ind eats nothing but sauces. s,
Eg One Of our Western exchanges thus
records one-of the wonders wrought by Jena
ny Lind's Echo soug, on one of the milky
mothers Of the heard: e. gsaS 81. !
"We have. it on the undoubted auihrity
i, a curb stone standee, that on the last oc-
sasion Of Jenny Linda singing the Herds
mans or Echo song, a venerable COW, dis
urbed from apensive reverie in the Court
House yard, by the delicious melody Of Jen-
Ksno 81 n, q dsatnIxv ohax,ad