Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-05-20
Selections.

charity -PaScal
To the spirit of love the truth is not
obscured. COteridge.
DO we know ourselves ii not, can
we interpret others?
The memory of youth is a faithful
guide to our mature years.
Knowledge of the world il Unborn
with the genuine past Gthe.
The greatest glory is not i'll never
falling, but in rising every time we fall.
An upright official asks .clat recom-
mcnds man; corrupt one ach0
Anticipation and reality produce the
same sensations in the philosophic mind.
Life is but trust; let US be careful
in our dealings, that our account may be
approved.
If man Injuries you 10y betrayin
your confidence one, that il his fault il
again, yours.
The purest JOY that we can expert
ence III one we love is to see that person
source OF happiness to others.
-Self-will is so ardent and active that
] u a
stool to sit on.-GteH
-Fashion-"the race of the rich to get
away from the poor, who follow as fast as
they can"
An old English divine says that re-
ligious zeal, though sweet Christian
grace, is exceedingly apt to sour.
"A head properly constituted can ae-
commodate itself 10 whatever pillows the
yicissitudes Of fortune may place un-
der it.
Take heed and beware of eovetous-
ness; for a mans life consists not in
the abundance OF things which he pos
sesseth
Great vices are the proper objects Of
our detestation - smaller faults of our
pity; but affectation appears to be the
only true source of the ridiculous.
Money in your purse will credit you ;
wisdom in your head adorns you-but
both in your necessity serve you, and that
is what renders them most valuable.
Better be cold than affect TO feel. In
truth, nothing is cold as assumed,
noisy enthusiasm. Its best emblem is the
northern DldSt az WihfarJ ~fAaSth frSSHSe 90
/ 1t roars.-C Charming.
It's never for their wisdom one loves
the wisest, or for their wit one loves the
wittiest; It's for benevolence and virtue
and honest fondness one loves people the
other qualities make one proud of loving
them, too.
Fame is d revenue payable only to
{ fringta. .nl y, Iar,x- anrualy.s al ont
satisfaction for this, were as great mad
ness as to starve ourselves, and fight des-
perately for food to be laid on our tombs
after death.-H Renzie
Purpose is edge and point to char
acter, it Is the superscription on the let
ter of talent. Character without it il
| blunt and torpid genius without it Is
bullion splendid and uncirculating.
The greatest plague of life is bad
| temper. 1t is "A great waste of time to
complain of other peoples The best
thing - to amend our own; and the next
best quality Is to learn to bear with what
we meet In others.
Laughter is AN external expression of
Joy 1t IA tho most salutary OF all the
bodily movements, for it agitates both the
body and soul at the same time, promotes
digestion, and enliyens the vital power III
every organ.
A good man, who has seen much Of
the world, and Is not tired of 1t, says ::
The geand essentials to happiness in this
lite are, something to do, something 10
love, and something to hope for
The difference there is betwixt honor
aud honesty seems TO be chiefly the mo-
tive; the honest man does that from duty
which the man OF honor does for the sake
Of .SheHStOHe.
There appears to exist creature de-
sire 10 live long than to live well Meas
IRE by mans desire, he cannot live long
enough; measure by his good deeds, and
he has not lived long enough measure by
his evil deeds, and he has lived too long.
--/tbbtlmdH.
Constant preserving application will
accomplish everything. To this quality
do ! owe the little success which ! have
attained. -ih"ry clay.
Hope is the sweetest friend that ever
kept a distressed soul company it be-
gulles the tediousncss OF the way--all the
miacrles OF our pilgrimage.
"A newspaper and Bible in every
house, II good school in every district, all
studied and appreciated as they merit, are
the principle supports of virtue morality,
and civil hberty.-FranhIin.
Mere bashfulness without merit is
awkward ; and merit without modesty
| claim to acceptance, and generally meets
with as many patrons and beholders.-
| Hughes.
Imaginary evils soon become real
ones by indulgiug our reflections on them
as he who, in melancholy fancy, sees
something like face on the wall or the
wainscot, can, by two or three touches
with lead pencil, make it look visible and
agreeing what he fancied.-SaoJi
Heaven help the man who imagines
agines he can dodge enemies by
trying to please everybody! If such
an individual ever succeeded we should
be glad of it not that we believe
in a man going through the world trying
to find beams to knock and thump his
poor head against, disputing every mans
opinion, fighting and elbowing and crowd
| ing all who differ with him. That, again,
is another extreme. Other people have a
right to their opinion, so have you don't
fall into the error of supposing they will
respect you less for maintaining it, or re-
1 spect you more for turning your coat ev-
cry day to match the color of theirs.
Wear your own colors in spite of wind
or weather, storm or sunshine. It causes
the vascillating and irresolute ten times
the trouble to wind, and shufle, and
twist that ID does honest manly indie
j pendence to stand its ground.