American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-05-31
BREv1TIEs.
Friendship is one soul in two bodies.

among themselves or with the good.
Procure no friends in haste, nor, if once
procured, in haste abandon them.
1t is pleasant to grow old with good
friend and sound reason.
We ought to be equally mindful of our
absent and present friends.
Be the same to your friends, both in ad-
versity and prosperity.
We should behave to our friends just as
we would have them do TO us.
Never let your tongue go before your
thoughts.
Life's enchanted cup but sparkles near
the brim!
Real friends are wont to visit us in our
prosperity only when invited, but in ad-
versity to come of their own accord.
Do good to your friend. that he may be
more wholly yours; to your enemy, that
he may become your friend!
1t is only by strict adherence to all
that is upright that true enjoyment can be
found.
Your word is your servant, so long as
you retain it; but it becomes your master
when you suffer it to escape.
Our very manner is thing of impor-
iance. A kind no is often more agreeable
than a rough yes.
will chide no heather in the world,
but myself, against whom know most
faul.s.-Shakspeare.
In life we shall find many men that are
great and some men that are good, but
very few men that are both great and good.
Gravity is thevery essence of ofimposture;
it does not only mistake other things, but is
apt perpetually almost to mistake itself
Itbetokens as great soul to be capable
of curing fault, as to be incapable of COM
mitting it.
Avain man can never be altogether rude.
DESTROYS as he is of pleasing, he fashions
his manners after those ef others.
Sound and sufficient reason falls, after
all, to the share of but few men, and those
few men exert their influence in silence.
Believe nothing against another but up
on good authority; nor report what may
hurt another, unless it may be greater
hurt 10 others to conceal it,
Foppcry is never cured; it is the bad
! stamina of the mind, which, like those Of
the body, are never rectiiied; once a cox
comb, and always coxcomb.
, Invincibe fidelity, good humor, and
t complaccncy of temper, outlive all the
: charms ola fine face, and make the decay
oft invisible. Tdnler.
There is way of getting over French
pride, for it is akin to vanity. But Eng
lsh pride is invunerable, for it is based
on the majesty of money.
It We ought not to isolate ourselves, fo
fl we cannot remain in state of isolation
Social inter course makes us the more abl
j. to bear with ourselves and with others.
's Sorrow quickens the intellectual powers
Il ifit wound the heart. Luther was won
!" to say, "if it were not for trbulation,
J, should not understand Scripture"
70 Our principles are the springs of our &C
,t tions, our actions the springs of our happ
,e ness and misery. Too much care, there
fore, cannot be employed in forming prir
,e ciples.
~ Integrity is the firstmoral virtue, benevt
"a lence the second, and prudence the third
y without the FIRST, the two latter cannot e1
N ist, and without the two former would /
lie often useless.
10 To enjoy to-day, stop worrying abol
II to morrow. Next week will be just {
10 capable Of taking care Of itself as this on
- is. And why shouldn't it? 1t will hay
/. seven days more experience.
True Joy is serene and sober emotion
10 and they ara miserably out, that take laugl
10 ing for rejoicing; the seat Of it is within
" and there is no cheerfulness like the res,
Q, luton of brave mind.
- I'm tho heraldry Of Heaven" Writ
. Bishop Horn, goodness prccedes grea
~, ness, so on earth ii is often more powerful
~ u The lowly and the lovely may often do moi
~ ~ in their own limited sphere than tn
ID gifted"
ID Blessings which we have slighted whe
/ in our possession, are more highly prize
RS when there is danger Of our being depri
ed Of them; and our hearts are more keen
ut touched by the anticipations of loss tha
in by the fullness of enjoyment.
q |
10 Gratitude is the farest blossom whic
10 springs fiom the soul; and tho heart
II man knoweth none more frequent. Viii
its opponent. ingratitude, is deadly wee
ID not only poisonous in itself, but impre!
10 mating tho very atmosphere in which
il grows with fetid vapor.
in Totry whetheryour conversation is lk
y TO be acceptableto the people of sens
OF imagine what you say written down
he printed, and consider how it would rea
h whether it would appear natural, impro
n ing or entertaining; or affected mischie
X, GUS or unmoaning.
cc Reverence is n common passion; it is Il
ch sin of the uninstructed. The savage deer
en- it noble; but Chrsts religion. which
Ike the sublime civilizer, emphatically Co
ier demnsit. Why? Because religion ev
et- seeks to ennoble man, and nothing so d
the bases him as revenge.