, 1853-04-23
Sands Of Gold.
When one ,riH not, two cannot quarrel.

olu'lon, ana an innocent soul IS lmprcgnable.
D- The Just man is not he who wrongs
no one, but rather he, who, having the power
to injure, rcprcsscs the will.
12-- To render inevitable evil as light as
possible, is 10 be in reality what may be
called both happy and wise.
C. Nothing condemns more powerfully
the violence of the wicked than The modcr
alton of the good.
pa By revenging yourself on your enc
my, you make him your equal by pardon.
ing him, you show yourself his superior.
BsS- A man must have a very bad opin-
ion of himself, not to be willing to appear
what he really is.
BeS" The majority shrcwdly employ their
time in obtaining fayors, while the minority
employ theirs in deserving them.
C. True it is that 10 make a fortune, it
is better to have even bad reputation in
the world than 10 be unknown.
D- To know how to listen is a great
art it is 10 know how 10 gain instruction
from every one.
HSy" If all those who obtain not their de-
sires should die of disappointment, who
would be living upon the earth ?
u Is it not strange that some men
bate vice and arc vicious, love virtue and
do not follow it
Bd- For one 10 distrust constantly, is
most certainly paying too dear for the ad-
vantage of not being deceived.
pS- Prodigals may be compared 10 fig
trees growing on precipice, whose fruit
men taste not, but crows and vultures de-
YOUR,
u Have a care in making any man
your friend twice, except the rupture was
by your own mistake, aud you have done
penance for it.
US- Recreation is only valuable as it un-
bends Us. The idle know nothing of it,
It is excrlion that renders rest delightful,
and sleep sweet and undistuibed,
0g- Persons who are always cheerful and
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they maintain peace and happiness, and
spread a thankful temper amongst all who
live around them.
tG~ We should all be cautious, as we
advance in life, Of allowing occasional sor-
rowfu experiences to ovrrshadow our per-
ccption Of the prcponderance of good.
rsa- Hope is the last thing that dies in
man and, though il be exceeding deceitful,
yet it is ofths good use to us, that while we
are travelling through this life, it conducts
US through an easier and more pleasant path
to our journeys end.
bS~ That the happiness of life depends
on the regular prosecution of some laudable
purpose or calling. which engages, helps,
and enlivens all our powers, let those bear
witness, who, after spending years in active
usefulness retire TO enjoy themselves.
U A married man informs us that he
knows a mode of conveying information
much more rapidly than by the electric tel
cgraph. He says he has nothing to do but
TO make a secret Of information and then
tell it 10 his wife.
o. A cheerful and benign temper, that
buds forth pleasant blossoms, and bears sweet
fruit for those who live within its influence,
is sure 10 produce an undying growth Of
green remembranees that shall flourish i'm,
mortally after the present green stock is
decayed and gone.
D- To try whether your conversation is
likely to be acceptable to people of sense,
imagine what you say written down or
printed, and consider how ii would read &;
whether il would appear natural, improving
or entertaining or affected, unmcaning, or
miscliieyous.
bsy- To complain that life has no joys
while there is a single creature whom we
can relieve by our bounty, assist by our
counscls, or enliven by our presence, is to
lament the loss Of that which we possess,
and is Just as irrational as 10 die of thirst
with the cup in our hands.
TRuru IN CoxvERsATioN.-The love Of
truth is the stimulus TO oil noble converse
ton This is the root Of all the charities.
The tree which springs from it may have a
thousand branches, but they will all bear a
golden and generous fruitage. 1t is the
Io0icst impulse to inquiro--willing to com
municale and willing to rccciye-conlrmpt-
uous Of petty curiosity, but passionate for
glorious knowledge. Speech without II is
but babblc. Rhetoric is more noisy but
less useful than the tinman's trade When
the love Of truth fires up the passions, puts
its Lightning in the brain, then men may
know that prophet is among them. This
is the spring Of all heroism, and clothes the
martyr with a flame that ouishinas the
flame that kill, him. Compared with this
the emulation Of arqumcnl--th, pungcncic'
Of snica~m--ihc prid, oflocic-ihe pomp oI
q .ciamatiou are as the sound ol an auto