Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-10-14
Selections. .

sometimes foolish.
1t is not we'll to make reflections on
other peoples imperfections.
There is no harm in glass of whis-
ky, provided it is allowed to remain in
the glass.
Burke said, when bad men con-
spire good men should associate"
"A nation that could vote steadily I'M
der fire can vote down the rum fire.
The Arabs say that wine is melted
ruby; the Abstainers say that it is liquid
fire and distilled death.
The pains and pleasures of the ineb-
riate are disproportioned, like Falstaffs
bread and sack.
Nobody is more like an honest man
than thorough rogue.
In diving to the bottom of pleasures,
we bring up more gravel than pearls.
DR.. Chaplin says that love of gold in
Wall street has macadamised the ten
commandments.
DO not choose your friend by his
looks, handsome shoes often pinch the
feet.
In any business, never wade into
water where you cannot see the bottom.
Harsh words are like hailstones in
summer, which if melted, would fertilize
the tender plants they batter down.
Let no one count the number of his
friends till they have been bottled in the
sieve of his own adversely; for there is
much bran in prosperous friendship.
Don't believe the man who talks
most for mewing cats are very seldom
good mousers.
Put no dependence upon the label of
bag; and count money after your own
kim
Mental pleasures never clogs unlike
those of the body, they are increas-
cd by repetition, approved by reflection
and strengthened by enjoyment.
See the sack open before you buy
what is in it. for he who trades in the
dark asks to be cheated.
Drink nothing without seeing il;
sign nothing without reading it, and
make sure that it means no more than it
says.
When you see a man with a great
deal of religion displayed in his shop win
dow, you may depend upon it he keeps
very small stock of it within.
By no means put yourself in another
persons power; if you put your thum b
between two grinders, they are apt to bite.
Courage, when genuine, is never
cruel. 1t is not fierce. 1t foresees evil.
Ja+; - ,f
ter danger. In the midst of peril it is
calm and cool. 1t is generous, especially
to the fallen.
There is no Disguise which can long
conceal Love where it does, or feign
where it does not exist-La R0chttOu-
ca8ld.
Dickens says: q have known vast
quantities of nonsense talked about bad
men not looking you in the face. Don't
trust that conversational idea. Dishon-
esty will stare honesty out of counte-
nance any day of the week, if there is
anything to be got by it,
The aim of an honest mans life is
not the happiness which serves only him
self, but the virtue which is useful to 9TH
erS-
God hath sown sweet seeds within Us
seeds of sympathy whose buds are
virtue, such as bloom in heaven.
The greatest friend of truth is time
her greatest enemy is prejudice, and her
constant companion is humility.
Women charm, as general thing,
in proportion as they are good. a plain
face with heart behind it is worth a
world of heartless beauty.
No man, whether rich or poor. can
make or retain good and useful position
in life, without the two valuable habits OF
punctuality and temperance.
The selfish mans head is like a mans
coffin; Is just his own measure, long
enough and broad enough to hold himself,
with room for no one else.
To be engaged is good and useful to
be idle is pernicious and evil. They
who do good are employed; but they who
spend their time in vain recreation, are
idle.
Life isFa book Of which we can have
hut one edition. Let each day action,
as they add their pages TO the inesumable
volume. BE- such "a, we shall be willing TO
have au assembled world read