Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-06-13
PROVERBIAL PHILOSOPHY.
by the Solomon in Ordinary to the B Bri-
tiSh Nation.

by the Solomon in Ordinary to the Bril-
1ish Nation.
An umbrella upon thy arm may make
itache, but should rain come, the umbrella
will preserve thy clothes. Choose betwixG
trlhlng pain and tailor's bill.
Other persons were born about the same
time as thyseIf, and have been growing up
ever since, as we'll as thou. Therefore be
not proud.
Preserve few secrets from thy wife for
If she discover them she will grieve, not
that thou hast kept from her thy secrets,
but thy confidence.
Yet confidence may be misplaced, as
when thou goest out in thin patent leather
boots, simply because the pavement before
thine own door is dried.
The girl who is destined to be thy wife,
although now unknown to thee, is sure TO
be living somewhere or other. Hope,
therefore, that she is quite weIl aud others
wise think politely about her.
Educate thy children, lest one Of these
fine days they educate thee in school
with no vacations.
Oh how good was Nature, that placed
great rivers near great owns!
a traveller, journeying wisely, may learn
much. Yet much may also be learned by
him who stays at home.
AN insane person may lie 10 thee, and
vet be innocent, and thou mayesL lie to
him, and be praiseworlhy. Now all per>
sons are some what insane, but do thou be-
ware of lying as a general rule
Heat expands things, and therefore in
hot weather the days are lengthened.-
Moral heats sometimes expand thy mind
but they tend not to the lengl lhcning Of thy
days.
Say not that thou knowesta book until
chou hast it all. Yet some books thou
mayest throw aside partially read. Herein
thou judgest a criminal unheard. What
then?
l do not say to thee, {" Marry, for it
will cxalt thee" yet was there subtle
meaning in those whose usage it was to
say. Marry, come up"
Cool things are used TO cure fever, yet
che over-coolncSs of friends act will
IhrOW thce into heat.
We kuow nothing, and yet it is knowing
something to know that thou knowest
nothing.
By IA conccit. IL certain red fly hath been
called Lady bird, and bjdden to fly away
home. The counsel is good, even to her
who is neither bird nor fly. There is no
place like home.
lie who always holds his tongue will
one day have nothing else to hold. Yet
it is not good TO be over-garrulous.
The weather-cock, working easily, can
tell tie way Of the wind, but if the wea~
thcr.cock sticks, the course OF the wind
will not be Influenced thereby. Remem-
Der this.
If thy heart is in the Highlands, it is
not here.
Virtuous love is wholesome. Therefore
be virtuOus. to make thyseIf worthy of
sclflove. Not of course, that thou art
thereby prevented from loving somebody
else.
Talk to thyself. and insist on reply,
vet not before the world, lest it think that
nobody else will talk TO thee.
A cat. even il she be friendly, never
approaches thee by direct course. No
more does a truth, oh, friend: but wind
ing round thy stuPidities, and rubbing up
against thy prejudices. it reaches thee
gently, and then perhaps scratches.
\ stitch in time saves nine. II there
fore thou fceIest one in thy side, be thank
full oh friend.
Love the moon, for she shines in the
night to give US light in the dark. whereas
the sun only shines in the day time, when
:hcre is plenty Of light, and his assistance
Is not wanted. Such is the difference be
tween real and false charity
solomon knew several things, allowing
h1t I nOOlA iNo Fou,
others London Punch.