Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1855-08-11
GEsfs OF THOUGHT.

ONBfo-elay is worth two to-1sersors.
-woNAN's capital in life jSy6er chorac-
ter.
He that hath no pDney poedeth nc
purse.
Few things orc impossible to industry
and skill
THE best mode Of revenge, is not to
initiate the injury
WITHOUT friends, the world would be
but wilderness.
LAzrNEss travels so slow that poverty
soon overtalSes her
Ii there be no faith in our words, Of
what use are they?
No men are so deep but that shallow
places can be found in them.
PAST events arc as clear as a mirror
the future as obscure as yarnish.
BRAVE actions are the substance of life,
and good sayings the ornament of it.
TINE is a grateful friend; use it well,
and it never fails to make suitable re-
quital
The trials of life are the tests which
ascertain how much gold there is in us.
GIVE your children education, and no
tyrant will trample on your liberties.
To correct an evil which already ex-
lists is not SO well as to foresee and pre-
vent it.
YoUTH writes hopes upon the sand and
age advances like the sea, and washes
them all out.
OUR very manner is a thing of import
ance. A kind no is often more agreaa-
BILE than rough yes.
To guard effectually your own inter-
ests, you must, in the first place, attend
to the Interests Of others
Tse pnrest metal Is rFot,ieed from the
A-seest ltlf s''s's, anu ~ hflsstest mum
der-bolt from the darkest storm.
If there be want of concord among
members of the same family other men
will take advantage of it to injure them.
Or all the delicate sensations the mind
is capable of, none perhaps, will surpass
that which attends the relief of an avow-
ed enemy.
THE single effort by which we stop
short in the downward path to perdtion.
is itself greater exertion of virtue than
hundred acts of justice.
WHOEVER is courteous, honest, frank
sincere, truly honorable, generous and
candid, is a true gentleman, whether rich.
learneds or laborer.
TAKE away the feeling that each man
must depend upon himself, and he relax
es his diligence. Every man comes into
the world to do something.
KNOWLEDGE is a common and unan-
propriable property of mankind ray
of heavenly light which streams through
the darkness of the night -Ko.tay.
WEIcn thyself by thine own balances.
and trust not the voice of wild opinion:
observe thysclf as thy greatest enemy
so shalt thou become thy greatest friend.
THERE is nothing purer than honesty:
nothing sweeter than charity; nothing
warmer than love; nothing richer than
wisdom; nothing brighter than virtue;
nothing more steadfast than faith.
INTEGRITY is the first moral virtue be-
nevolence the second, and prudence the
third; without the first, the two latter
cannot exist, and witout the two former
the latter would be often useless.
A writer has compared worldly friend
ships to our shadow, and betfor COM
parison was never made; for while we
walk in the sunshine il sticks to us, but
the moment We Ontor The shade il deserts
us.
The intercourse Of friendship is cor
dial for the heart 1t beguiles the hour
of grief; gently'wcans the thoughts from
the selishness of sorrow, and gives the
mourner to feel that the earth is not a
wilderness.
He who excels in his art SO as to car
ry it to the utmost height of perfection
Of which it is capable, may be said in
some measure to 60 beyond Il; his trans
cendant productions admit Of no appel
lation.-La Brnyeye.
hVNAA 40 wv NAONnNi ldDtTs lNf TO DC
lowly born, If not base born, detracts not
from the beauty of Natures freedom. or
on honest birth. Nobility claimed by
the right Of blood shows simply that our
ancestors deserved what we inherit
COURAGE, when genuine, is never cru
el 1t Is not fierce. IT foresecs evil
Its regulations come either before or after
u
danger In the midst of peril il is calm
and cool. II is generous, especially to
the fallen. 1t is seldom attained. jean
PAIL
WnATrsrR children hear read, or spo-
ken Of in terms Of appreciation, win give
strong bias to their minds. Hence the
necessity Of guarding conversation in fam
lies, as well as excluding books and COM
panions that have tendency to yitiat
the heart.