, 1853-07-02
Wit and Sentiment.

rs}~ Some prop,e look at e'crytLins,y yet
really see nothing.
B-5- lsnoranc, has no light, Error FOL
lows ia,ae one
Bsy- Every Macbeth has witches 10 prompt
hin in his inquiry.
& Wisdom stands between two mir
ro.s; Folly is in dark room.
&C. In girls we love what they are, in
young men what they promise to be.
HE7" 1t is better TO sioop at high door
way than to run against a low one.
e. lie whose soul does not sing, need
not try 10 do it with his throat.
O- The art of pleasing is not necc.sari-
lythe art of deceiving.
by The test of an enjoyment is the re.
membrance which it leaves beyond it.
no. Forget not that human virtue is rs
polished steel, which is rusted by breath.
Fragments of the man who burst into
tears are said to be the last curiostics found.
U The praises of others may be of
use, in teaching us, not what VIC are, but
what we ought to be.
O- 1t is better TO sleep with an empty
stomach than TO lie awake with an accusing
conscience.
RdS~ Some people consider it necessary
10 make a hell of this world in order 10 en-
joy Paradise in the next.
pay- No love is so sweet as that which
follows i'll humor-as we press sweet oil
out Of the bitter olive.
D- We once knew a lady who dreaded
to 90 to bed because she could not talk while
asleep.
Bay A man may do good by stealth, but
as for his Jlushing TO find ii fame. that's all
nonsense.
B@~Man's love is like the moon-if it
docs not grow larger, it is certain to grow
smaller.
BG- Man shrinks from cold meat. Does
this arise from mans innate presumption of
always ruling the roast =
pea- 1t not unfrcquently hfppens in soci-
ETY. that the moro pleased man is with him
self, the less pleasing he becomes to others.
Ba5~ Good wine and handsome women
arc very agreeable poisons, and cause deal
Of wretchcdness to male animals.
U When an exlravagant friend wishes
10 borrow your money, consider which Of
the two you had rather lose.
RSy- A wicked man is like one that hangs
over a deep pit by slender cord with one
hand and is cutting with the other.
lL5- The character of the sincere Chris
tian is imperfect until it finds embodiment
in that of the true gentleman.
peaY Common honesty is the indispensa-
bic basis of charity, and common sense the
sure and needful resting place for a soaring
intelligence.
O- Enduring fame depends mainly on
enduring effects. Posterity cares little about
any but those who have done something 10
affect posteriIy's interest.
Cy-Severe trials call into action those
reserved forces of thought, courage and for
litudc and faith which give the victory in
the battle of life.
D- Time is the most paradoxical Of all
things the past is gone, the future is not
come, and the present becomes the past
while we attempt TO define it.
10 Man takes a woman and dowry in
the same way that he accepts the hamper
that brings him a handsome present of
game.
w Men have two ways Of extinguish-
ing the flame of love, they either let ii burn
out quietly, Or else they snuff it out at one
( blow.
IL In dilemma, during the time man
has been standing like fool, fumbling for
an excuse, woman will have invented ten
/ thousand.
u Wive, are always foolish enough to
sit up for their husbands. But you hear Of
few husbands who have the patience to sit
up for their wives.
n5y-, Reelection is flower Of the mind,
giving out wholesome fragrance. Reverio
is the same flower when weak and running
to seed.
sly- 1t is a pleasant and profitable habit
TO store up agreeable images of the past,
with view 10 present and future improve
ment as well as enjoyment
RSy- The casting down Of our spiri,s in
true humility, is but like throwing ball on
the ground, which makes it rebound the
higher toward heaven.
Rs,y- As Noah's dove could find no rest
for The sole Of her foot, so the spirit Of Gra
Jam and no r,,id.ncc il that heart which Is
p uerl Wy IN