Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-25
WIT AND WISDOM.

The modest man is seldom the object of
envy.
Don't judge by one view of person or
thing.
The young lady who gives herself away
loses self-possession.
Women never truly command till they
have given their promise to obey.
Can man be said to be in a stew when
you make his blood boil.
The kiss with which a girl seeks to catch |
her beau is fshing-smaek.
Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail
man the vessel
Truth endues a mans purpose with some-
what of immutability.
Practice flows from principle; for as
man thinks, so will he act
A good man is kinder to his enemy than
bad men 10 their friends.
Dress plainly-the thinnest soap-bubbles
wear the gaudiest colors.
A wise book is true friend; its author a
public benefactor.
Be sure of the fact before you lose time
in searching for cause.
No man can leave better legacy to the
world than q well-educated family.
A man may suffer without SHINING; but
he can't sin without suffering.
There is more evil in drop of corruption
than there is in sea Of atfliction.
He is but poor general who like
drum, is made only to be beaten.
Man and wife, like verb and nominative,
should always agree.
There is no cannon that can strike more
fatally than outraged public sentiment.
& Men repent speaking ten times for once
that they repent keeping silence.
Young women are never more in danger
of being made slaves than when the men
are at their feet.
If sleep flies from you, don't go in hot
pursuit oft; lie still, and it will probably
come to you.
"What blessing children are!" as the
parish clerk said when he took fees for
christening them.
Low REMARK Deceit, sir" said the
CyulC OOueS-'utCSl 10 'lh6 COEuI, uuu lS
ever to be found in the deep"
The boy who understood to ride a horse
radish is now practicing on saddle of
good mutton.
There is current belief that a wolf is
never more dangerous than when he feels
sheepish.
The soldiers great risk is that Of becom-
ing extinguished before he can become dis
tinguished.
az will take bite too," as the wolf said
when he came across a man eating his din
ner in the woods.
He who puts bad construction upon a
good act, reveals his own wickedness at
heart.
If righteous cause will bring you into
suffering, righteous God will bring you
out of suffering.
A Christian, when he comes into the
world, lives to die again but, when he goes
out of the world, he dies to lives again.
To deserve praise where noneis obtained
is better than to obtain praise where none
is deserved.
A smile may be bright while the heart is
sad-tbe rainbow is beautiful in the air
while beneath is the moaning Of the sea.
Men have hundreds of different Ian
guages-the winds, and trees, and birds,
speak but one over the whole earth.
The pleasantest things in the world are
pleasant thoughts; and the greatest art in
life is to have as many of them as possible.
1t makes a very material difference to a
lamb whether he is gathered into the fold
by q shepherd or a snake.
To vex another is to teach him to vex us
ngain-injuries awaken revenge, and even
an ant can sting, and fly troubles our pa
tience. .:t- a
1t is the concussion of passions that pro-
duces a storm. Let an angry man alone,
and he will cool off himself
Wisdom is a nut, which, if not chosen
with Judgment may cost you tooth, and
may pay you with nothing but q worm.
"Daughter,n said an anxious parent to
his little one, "didn't tell you to eat no
more green apples ?" "Yes, papa, but this
is a yellow one"
A truly rural young lady is about to pub
lish work on a. The Rise, Growth, Culture,
and Progress Of the Hen, as an Element Of
Civilization"
A learned young lady defines a thimble
as a diminutive, argenteous, truncated cone,
convex on its summit, and semi-perforated
with symmetrical indentations.
An old maid, who hates the male sex
most Yenomously, cut female acquaintance
recently, who cOmplimented her on the buoy
ancy Of her spirits.
The hight of politeness is passing around
on the opposite side ofa lady, when walking
with her in order not to step upon her
shadow. . ' I.2 .f
To do much good, and make but little
noise, is singular thing Some say much,
but do little; Christians should do much
and say nothing.
1t is an easy matter to command patience
when there is no danger Of any trial, to ex-
toi humility in the midst of honors TO begin
fast after dinner.
Keep silence sometimes upon subjects
which you sEe knewRztO- be a judge of. So
your silence where you are ignorant will
not discover you. 1r1I Ure
To reprove with success, the following
circumstances are necessary, viz: mildness,
6eoraaV infimaau and aota,r. % A. .,.....,