Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-09-07
THOUGHTS OF GRRlT MEN.

What comfort to thousands have
these precious words OF Jean Paul
been 60 Happiness sits on your front
door step. You need not even gc
round the corner to look for it. III
can stand q rude blast and a rough
/ fall, and Is warranted to keep iu
the hottest climates. Treasure it, pre-.
/ serve it, pickle it, but call no man
happy who goes to rest with a single
bill unpaid.n
How happy is this thought oi
/ Goethe'si 1.-THE Ocean OF Existence
has never been Autographed, and its
deepest secrets are past dredging for.
We gather q few tender tinted shells,
few tufts Of bright weed, and SUP
of costly mollusks; but the Sea and
/ We are still strangers, We and the
Sea make no progress, and Life sinks
/ behind the horizon before the Bud
Of Acquaintance has burst into the
Bloom Of Friendship. Walk by the
Margin and listen TO the Waters
moaning their strange Secret to the
sympathizing Stars, and take another
cigar before you turn inn
Milton well knew that the expert
enee Of all middls-aged men would
amply eorrobOrate this chain OF cor
rollaFies.
Never exceed your income.
Never exceed the bounds OF de-
eorum.
Always brush your hat when you
take il Of.
"Be careful how you interfere with
another mans fire.
"DO not sit in damp clothes.
"Study the pOiity Of the State, and
be at your post although OF the
mesnest order, when the Walls Of the
Republic are threatened.
The true citizen never Omits to
have his boots properly bIaeked every
morning.S y
How thoroughly that wise cid hea-
then, EpAminondas, knew the works
Of the human heart Listen 70 q few
Of his gems: " Never lend your horse.
Seem, rather than be. Build your
garden wall higher IL your nsighbOr
can look over It. Tread .wariIy II
your path is strewn with broken bot
ties. Be ready to do small kind
nesses-alWays have postage stamps
in your pocket. and Metropolitan
timetables, and the finest Eau-de-
Cologne that money can procure"
Marx what Lavater said TO William
Tell, when they were coming home
in the dawn from post-mortem, over
the Bridge Of Signs, and talking about
the revenue returns. Put a good
face on the matter. II troubles rise,
stare them out OF countenance. We
all wear the same unifOrms-Only
the faeings are different. The richest
man cannot escape the tOOthache, and
the poorest may enjoy a sunset and a
salad. Be content, and I'LL up your
Income-tax paper with conscientious
fidelity, and you viii be scheduled
with the soft. I"
Golden words these Of Bacon's:
" The weaknesses Of men are often the
strength Of States, aud the favOrites
Of princes have before now become
the shuttlecOeks Of Yengeful For
tune. Some men are born and 9TH
ers die but none can escape the one
day or the other. Between the begin
ming and the end there lie many in
tercalated stations, where We may rest
and recreate, and gather strength for
the ventures that Fortune hath yet in
her wallet. Blind IS she is, she some
times drops the bandsge and catches
the speakers eye; but her. myrIni-
dOns are host, and her followers q
great army, and to be victorious over
Fortune your weapons must be Keen,
well tempered, and bright, your arms
strong and resolute, your courage
your endurance martyr
like, and your Wifeis relations unex-