The American patriot., 1855-03-07
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The wise fortify themselves by reason and
fools by despair. e H IL t1idT " !
% A wise man never grows old in spirit; he
marches with the age. 11a1 'tdiri hu5ij
Everything is gained and nothing lost by
courtesy. Good manners insure good success.
All noble enthusiasms pass through fever
ish stage, and grow wiser and more serene.
Our principles are the springs Of our actions;
and our actions are the springs of our happi-.
ness or misery. N9f p2'-'A3 Pea .-'i' q
We cannot live better than in striving to be-
come better, normore agreeable than in having
clear conscience. iases-...l yaidg sir
A person who undertakes to raise himself by,
scandalizing others, might as well sit down ON
a whcclbarrow, and try to wheel himself
Poetry is the divinest of all arts, for it is the
breathing or expression Of that principle or
sentiment which is deepest or sublimest in hui
man nature..nsal. .a..ts''a. sdt -llsi "
The most sublime ughts--beautiful and
powerful figures-and pure phraseology-are
found in an obsolete work, but.seldom quoted,
called the Bible 1,. - --.z.a '...e-
There arc individuals who have acquired a
literary reputation without writing line; there
are others, who have name for bravery, and
never fought. The former write, and the latter
fight by proxy.
Pleasure is comparative, and enjoyment is
relative, the Spanish peasant basking in the
scorching sun, and rolling in the dust of his
parched-up plains, is as happy as the French
shepherds enjoying the balmy air, and the lux
uriant vegetation Of Languedoc or Provence.
The man that "Aew into a passion" is said to
have used the ''wing of imagination"
They make sandwiches in Australia by
putting piece of leather between two shingles.
The price depends on the supply of old boots
What is the difference between butchers
patron and the butcher himsclfs Why, the
one wants his meats and the other meats his
wants.
A merchant, not over conversant with gcog-
raphy, on hearing that one of his vessels was
injeopardy, exclaimed: Jeopardy, Jeopardy,
where's that?" -
Some one asks: "Why is it probably Cow
per was very poor?' and answers, when VIC
''give it up" because he old for lodge in
some vast wilderness!" -f.l
The only difference between ancient and mod
ern fasting is, that in ancient time they sat in
scakcloth and ashes, while in modern times they
sit in broadcloth and ashes.
mamma, can door spcak?" "Ccrtainly
not, my love" ''Then why did you tell Annie,
this morning, to answer the door," .'It is
time for you to 60 to school, my dcar." ."F''
A writer in the Home journal says of Mrs.
Bodestcin Qatc Julia NorthalD: "She is an an
gel in church choir, especially if you can see
her hallelujah expression of the eye when she
sings"
Familiarity breeds indifference. A printer 5
wife never reads a newspaper, while the man
who was born to wealth, can never understand
how love of dollars can ever make people set
a higher value on doubloons than they do on
billiards. ...., .,...l..,t a..'
Last year the marine arrivals and departures
were 10, los, and the Custom House duties
amounted to $5S5,74O. The lumber trade alone
constantly employs 200 vessels.
Ole Bull, lessee and manager of the Academy
of Music in New York, offers prize of $1,000
for the best original grand opera, by an Amer
lean composer, and upon a strictly American
subject.
If strict justice be not the rudder of all our
other virtues, the faster we sail the further we
find ourselves from that havcnwher we would
be. .... -.... ..... 5...-.....
Better say nothing, than not to the purpose;
and to speak pertinently, consider both what
is fit and when it is fit to speak.-Pen I'D
He that withholdcth corn, the people shall
curse him; but blessing shall be on the head o
him that seleth it.
Those who call others to repentance should
themselves lead life of seriousness and pur
fication. ss.- .t a45.-- .ifa
Duties in general, like that class of things
called debts, give more trouble the longer they
remain undischargcd. t5.l.--5--U. .---
What men want, is not talent, it is purpose
in other words, not the power to achieve, bu
the will to labor. '"
Prosperity is no just scale, adversely is The
only true balance to weigh friend.
Have the courage to obey your Maker at tn,
risk of being ridiculed by man. .l l=
Judge not tho rich by their wealth, or tn
poor by their poverty. rJ s ...... s
Nothing so we'll becomes true feminine beau
ty as simplicity.
We may live without brother, but no
without friend.
The thoughts of eternity consoles for tn
shortncss of life. 5
The man who is truly just will flourish il
spite of envy. t"
Fortune when once let go of is seldom caught
Be slow to give advicc-always ready to d
service.
Strike love from the soul, and life is inspil
cd
In the chapter of Barnum's book, whic
treats Of his lottery swintling, we find the fol
lowing:
Whenever | visited Brookfield called O
one man who was Of serious turn. He an
his wife were professors of religion, and h
was frequent exhorter at prayer meeting