Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-05-26
mIsCELLANuOUs CLIPPINos.

Theory NAV be very well, but young doctors
and lawyers always prefer practice.
Why is a spsndthrlf's purse like 3 thunder
cloud2 Because it is continually lightning.
Why is q kfss like some sermons? Because
there are two heads and an application.
sNight threw her mantle Ger the world aEd
pin'd il with a star" Tasty, wasn't shs2
At what point d, armies generally enter hos
tile cities? At the point Of the bayonst.
No woman is capabls Of being beautiful who
is not incapable Of being false.
Hight Of eoolness-the topmOst pinnacle Of
Mount Blanc.
Though a good life may not silence ealumny,
It will disarm it.
Why is life the riddle OF riddles2 Because
we must al give it up
The future blights more regulations than it
r.pens.
A man with music in bis soul-a chap with
a pair Of sqneaking boots.
A true philanthropist and a WsTl-trained
horse ALWAYS stops at the sound Of We.
"Thsiss great prospect,D as a prisoner
sad in peepiBg out OF bis cell windsW.
Poverty il like a panther, look it steadily in
the face and it viii turn away from you.
No man will ever regard you as bis dear
friend If you make yourself too cheap to him.
It Is q miserable thing to live in suspense
Il is the life Of a spider.
Poetry and consumption are the most iatter-
ing Of diseases.
The gOld-sast and the grave durt SOON min
gle.
Men Of talent art often the captiVsE Of beau
tlful fools.
Distinction is an eminsnee which lie attained
but too frequently at the sxPenss Of a freside-
Man is Gods creation. Everything else is
the nursery and nurse Of man.
Read not books alone, but men; and chiefly,
be careful to read tbysslf-
Kings and authors should be very careful
how they treat their subject.
It is less dangerous to have q prudent enemy
thsn-an fndiscrsst friend.
To speak to the purpose you must speak with
a purpose.
II time is money, most people have a good
deal more money than they know what to do
with.
The majority Of the common people seem to
think that Shakespeare is "no great Shake at
ter alLn
People would rather pardon he defects you
have than the afeetstion Of virtues you have
not.
Tfsel." said an old lady, "tbat Pve got
about through with this world. shan't enjoy
much more trouble F"
Love is our best gift to our fellow-bsings,
and that which makes any gift valuable In the
sight Of heaven.
The miser lives poor to die rich, and is the
jailer OF his house and the turnkey Of bis
wealth.
The light Of friendship Is like the light Of
phosphorous-ssen plsinsst when all around
il dark.
A mahbssser for sage ~ be seeks for wis.,
domi II be thinks be has found It, be lie a
fool.
A gloomy theology is more TO be condemned
than skepticismi tof while this only doubts the
true, the other shrms the false.
II you would be pungent, be brief; for it Il
WITH words as with conference.-the mere thew
are condensed the deeper they burn.
Man is the only animal that is doomed to
the drudgery Of forever carrying pans upon bis
knees.
Many p rsons prefer death to scorn. They
dread less the point Of a sword than the point
Of q anger.
In all matters except a little matter Of the
tongue, a woman can generally bold her
own.
He who labors for mankind, without a
care for himself, has already begun bis in
mortality.
at ! should be drafted into the services
what should you do2" said a gentleman 70 bis
wife lately. "Gst q substitute for you, 1 sup