American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-05-24
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Like diamonds shining when they brO&c,
That ray Will light It stll.
A NAME-The Ncw York Times call,
certain snobsinthat city Fiflh-avenuc dies.
Integrity, however rough, is better than
smooth dssimulation.
The man who does most, has the least
time 10 talk about what he does.
'la He who mulmurs at his lot, is like
ono bareing his feet to tread upon
thorns.
Why repent a second time of an
action of which we have already repent
ed?
1t is not the crown jewels alone that
make the people servie. Every where the
wise, lord it over the fool.
How few of us realize that as we rise
each morning, and commence our various
avoeations, that we are one day nearer our
final home.
Those who excelin strength are not most
Hkelyato show contempt of weakness. A
man does not despise the weakness Of II
child
Prime ministers and Presidents resem. l..
bic laborers tempted by high wages to un-
deriake difficult, dangerous. and deIeteri-
Gus employment. tI.''' '.-
A writer of high reputation is often
praised for his faults. because, in criticiSing
acknowledged genius men think it safer
to praise than to chastise.
Certainly at the day of judgmentwe we shall
not be asked what we have read, but what
we have doae-not whether we have taik-
Ell we'll whether We have lived well.
Boosting seldom or never accompanies
II sense Of real power. When men feel
that they can express themselves by deeds,
they do not often care to do so by words.
ST. Paul had three wishes, and they
We're all about Christ--that he might be
found in Christ; that he might be- with
Christ; and thathe might magnify Christ.
--LatAer. 4u
Every theory which urges men to labor
and research, which exciles activeness and
sustains perseverance, is a gain to science;
for il is labor aud research which lead to
discoveries.
Show me the wife that is blind TO hel
husbands falts, and ] will show you Il
happy woman; and a man who has no less
To- answer for, than were even the truth be-
leycd
SOLITARY thought corrodcs the mind, if il
hon1t bInnded with social activity; and So
tial activity produces restless craving for
excitement, il it be not blended with soli-
tary thought lCC.s .aitE eFa-
A troubled mind is often relieved by
maintaining r. cheerful demrnnor. The
elT5rt whhdraws is attention from the
cause Of paig, apl the ehceIfulness which
it promotes in others ex;euls by sympathy
tooltseltCaq lsA TIaa # atJ# p
There are many who waste and lose af-
ftcth'h by careless neglect ''It is not a
plant 10 grow uhnuFtured; the rude touch
may destoy its delicate texture forever" 49,
the stfbtle corIs Of love arc chilled and
snapped asunder By neglect.
The greatest esteem which an author
can express for the public is, never to bring
forth that which it expects, but what he
himself, with that degree Of culture, nativ,
and foreign, TO which he has attained, dis
Germs 10 be ri ,ht and useful.
The words of language are like a.,
pieces OF child's dissecled piclurc ant
eloqpence and poetry and philosophy ar
the pictures made by putting them to
geher; but, somehow, II il bard 10 Ct tn
words irto their proper places.
If you love others. they will love you
If you speak kindly to them, they will
speak kindly Love isrepaid withlove. an,
ha;rel with hatred. Would you hear
sweet and pleasing echo, speak sweet,
and pleasantly yourself. Us. r
"A young person thinks it enough TO d,
right. AS he grows older. he finds it nee
essaty. satisfy others that he has don
SO. Much ofthe time tia. might be speu
10 doing well must be used in securing ev
iiepce that we heye not done i'll. 80 & &,
>. Lisa soqpd mako, chat every sman
wretcbed in proportion To- his vices; an
that the noblesto ornament of q young ger
er9ns.miud, andrthe surest source Of plea'
IRE, profit and reputation in life, Is unr'
sarYssA acceoiauca az virtne