Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-06-12
From Puneh.l
PRovERBrAL PHILOSOPHY.

BY SOLOMON IN ORDINARY To THE BRrrIsE NATION.
l. An umbrellas upon thine arm msy
make it ache. but should rain come. the
umbrella will preserve thy clothes
Choose betwixt trifing pain and Q
tailoris bill. ..
z. Other persons were born about the
same time as thyself, and have been grow
ing up ever since, as well as thou. There.
fore be not proud.
5. Preserve few secrets from tby wife:
for If she discover them, she will grieye.
not that thou has kept from her tby sc.
cre;s. but thy confidence.
4. Yet confidence may be misplaced. as
when thou goest out in thin patent leath-
ern boots, simply because the pavement
before thine own door is dry.
5. The girl who is destined to be tby
wife, although now unknown to thee. is
sure to be living somewhere or other.
Hope, therefore, that she is quite well,
and otherwise think politely about her.
6. Educate thy children, lest one of
these line days they educate thee in q
school with no vacations.
Z. o, how good was nature, that placed
great rivers near great towns!
8. A traveller, journeying wisely, NAV
learn much. Yet much may also be
learned by him who stays at home.
y. An insane person may lie to thee.
and yet be innocent, and thou mayest lie
to him and be praiseworthy. Now all
persons may be somewhat insane. but
do thou beware of lying as general rule.
10. Heat expands things, and, there
fore, In hot weather the days are length
ened. Moral heats sometimes expand
thy mind, but they tend not to the length
ening of thy days.
IL. Say not that thou knowest book
until thou hast read it all. Yet some
books thou ma vest throw aside partially
read. Herein thou judgest criminal un.
heard. What then
II. L do not say to thee, " Marry, for
it will exalt thee, yet was there subtle
meaning in those whose usage it was to
say, Marry, come up"
IL. Cold things are used to cure fever.
yet the Over-coolness of friends act
will throw thee into heat.
IA. We know nothing, and vet il ia
knowing something to know that thou
knowest nothing.
10. BY conceit, a certain red fly hath
been called lady-bird, and bidien to
fly away home. The counsel is good.
| even to her who is neither bird nor fly.
There IS no place like home.
l6. He who always holds his tonpue.
will one day have nothing else to hold.
yet it is not good to be ovcr-garrulous.
II. The weather-cock, working easily.
can tell thee the way of the wind but
If the weather-cock sticks, the course of
the wind will not be influenced thereby.
Remember this.
Is. If thy heart is in the Highlands,
it is not here.
l9. Vlrtuous loyeis wholesome. There
fore be virtuous, to make thyself worthy
Of Self-love. Not, Of course, that thou
art thereby prevented from loving some
body else.
20. Talk to thyself, and insist on q
reply, yet not before the world, lest it
think that nobody else will talk to thee.
Il. A cat, even if she be friendly,
never approaches thee by direct course.
No more does truth, o friend; but
winding round thy stupidities, and rub
bing up against thy prejudices, it reaches
thee gently-and then perhaps scratches.
%. A stitch in time saves nine. If,
therefore, thou feelest one in thy side, be
thankful, D, friend.
p. 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 there is plenty of light, and
his assistance is not wanted. Such is
the difference between real and false
charity.
24. Solomon knew several things, al
lowing for his age, but could teach him
a few others.