Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1865-01-10
Wit and Wisdom.

VII ana wisdom.
A mans best fortune-or his wofst-ii
a.wife.
Words cannot heal the wounds that
words can mako.
Politicians and wheels were made es
pecially to turn.
Only crows and fools are afraid Of q
shabby suit of clothes.
A man may say thing twice if he
says it better the second time thsn the
first.
Alwayslend crutch to halting Humil.
ity, but trip up, if you will, the stills Of
Pretention.
Dependency is the overweight that
may make you kick tie beam and the
bucket at once.
Patience and cheerfulness adorn the
ruins of fortunes IS ivy does those of cas-
ties and temples.
Fault.hnding does not require and does
not generally indicate high order of tai
ent.
Emerson says; "Life is train of moods,
like string of beads" +
As good man saith, so say we; but as
q good woman saith, so it must be.
Every man can tame shrew but he
that hath her.
Ladies will sooner pardon want Of sense
than want of manners.
Women are wise on sudden, fools on
reconciliation.
A good wife is the workmanship of q
good husband and rice versa.
Beauty in women is like the flower in
spring, but virtue is like the stars in
heaven.
There is one good wife in the country,
and every man thinks he hath her
Those who have no settled occupation
themselves are most prone to find ault
with the work Of others.
Colts arms are useful when you want to
fight but If you want to run away, colts
legs arc better.
If some men had their limbs broken
they wonld be cripples for life; their bones
would be too lazy to knit
The only love in which a man has no
rival IS in the wonderful love he generally
has for himself
Egotism is mere burning of personal
incense, in which the egotist is at once al
tar, priest, censer and divinity.
A tourist who has been visiting Ven
ice, returns with q more lively recollection
OF the dollars gone than of the gondolss.
The world has lost much of the romance
of ancient times. The great god Pan is
dead, and Pot reigns in his stead.
Some persons are not suspected of be
ing rsscsls because they are known to be.
They are not above suspicion, but below
it.
Many viii gets worshiped in manhood
which acts precisely on the same motive
for which an obstinate child gets whipped
Break 8 woman's heart, and she will
smile and forgive you. Break a joke up
on her face, and she declares war-Wsr to
the scissors.
The teachers of girls schools are wrong
to require the writing of open letters. An
unsealed letter is almost inevitably hall
untrue.
There Is nothing that SO awakens the
divinity within US as lofty music. In the
lsbyrintbs of the ear, as in these of Egypt,
gods lie buried.
1t is not a single sudden blow that
crushes permanently, but the long endur-
ance of heavy burden, or an accumula-
tiOn of smaller ones.
If a man has two wives they will prob
ably both be untrue to him. They will
be nothing better to him than q pair Of
slippers.
The so-eslled instinct of animsls-thil
ass which perceiVes the angels presence
sooner than the prophet-ought to be
regarded as the greatest miracle of cres-
tion. $500
It's sad thing VIXEN rHou nHve H6IIneI
llezsrE enough to speak well, nor judgment
enough to hold their tongues; this is the
foundation of all imperrinence.
It is not very hard to live or die foT
those we love- but do you know the love
required 70 live l0itH them. What amount
of it can stand before q conflict of ns,
lures
For every woman it is with the food o.
the heart as with that Of the body; it il
possible to exist on very small quantity
but that small quantity is an absolute ne
cessity.