Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1861-05-22
SENSE AND SENTIMENT.

halter.
We are never beneath hope whiIe
above ell, nor above hope while benc atli
heaven. -t-...--.......
The greatest truths are the simplest,
so are the greatest men.
He who is Indifferent to praise is gen.
eral'y lost to sliaftse. f
Don't envy those who know
more than yourself; but YOU may we'll
pity those who know less.
Fancy restrained may be compared to
n fountain which plays highest by di.
minishing the aperture. ...
All persons know when they are
knaves, few when they are fools. zar
God hears no more than the heart
speaks and, if the heart be dumb,
heaven ii certainly be deaf sin
Various dogs have died of broken
cart, but very few human beings.
The grave is Indeed hallowed, whet
the grass Of the churchyard can cover
all memories save that of love.
Those we call odd people arc often
merely such as freely disclose what the
rest of us carefully conceal.
The handsomcst compliment YOU can
pay to woman of sense is to address
her as such.
Il very great part Of all we suffer in
this world is from the apprehension of
thin gs that never coti1e. t.-
Many one never arrives at fruit, fol
no better reason than that he persists in
plr cking his own blossoms.
An attorney in Dublin wrote chat
lenge to gentleman to meet him in
the -Four acres, be the same more or less"
Our happiness is promoted, not SO
much by the accomplishment Of what
we aim at, ms In the accomplishment of
it. .e
We sleep, but the loom Of life never
stops and the pattern which WAS weay-
ing when the sun went down is weaving
when il comes up tomorrow.
ln every great MAPS soul there is ii
tlnge of nelarcholy. In the recesses of
the thick branches and leaves Of the
mighty oak, twilight fingers even thro'
the mid day,
Ifyou would be popular, by all means
get MAJ ried. If you hate one person
to exhaust yeur frctfulness on, you can
probably manage 10 be civil to all the
rest of tho worlds
We Often see the scarlet poppy grow :
ing in corn6olds, rs if it were foreseen
that wherever there is huH ger to be fed
there must also be pain to be soothed.
Our cointry is The chosen hoiito of
m tiorities. With us the majority Is on
ly the flower of tho passing noon, and
the minority is the bud which may open
in the next morning sui.
How ft,any 20 cohspicuoasIy through
life, Swapping their smart PEI cussion caps
upon empty barrels, because, forsooth,
powder and ball do not como CT them
selves, and it takes time to load.
Mida, who had the ears of nm ass.
turned to gold whatever he touched
Many other persons who have more of
an ass than the ears, seem to make mo-
ney with almost equal facility.
The healthy body and mind oan get
over great deal, but there are some
things which 1t is not for the credit Of
our name should ever be entirely got
over. a saseaa 10 aeT
All wicked and bcattlcss men have
been the children of somebody, and
many Of them, doubtless, the children of
those who surinise1 The future as little "a
Eve did when she smiled upon the infant
Cain. - -a4' - ia
Every dog has his day, but the diiy of
the rational dog is overclouded in man
ner unknown to his Inferior fellow crea-
lures /; it is ovcFtlonded BY the auiiesps,
ton of the coming day which vii nos
be bis. "
No two human beings were ever OK
acty alike, either in body or n,in.s, IN
other words, Nature has been engaged in
making men for six thousand years with
out ever making one that she thought it