The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1870-11-26

Thoughts of Great Men.

What a comfort to thousands have these pre-
cious words of Jean Paul's been Happiness
sits on your front-door step. You need not even
90 round the corner to look for it. 1t can stano
a rude blast and a rough fall, and is warranted
to keep in the hottest climates. Treasure 1t.
preserve it, pickle it, but call no man happy who
goes to rest with a single bill unpaid"
How sublime is this thought of GOethe's: "The
Ocean of Existence has never yet been hydro
graphed, and it's deepest secrets are past dredging
for. We gather a few tender tinted shells, a few
tufts of bright weed, and sup off costly mollusks
but the Sea and we are real 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 in"
Milton we'll knew that the experience of all
middle-aged men would amply corroborote this
chair of corollaries:
Never exceed your income.
Never exceed the bounds of decorum.
Always brush your hat when you take it off.
s.Be careful how you interfere with another
mans fire.
I" Do not sit in damp clothes.
Study the polity of the State, and be at your
post although of the meanest order, when the
walls of the Republic are threatened.
The true citizen never omits to have his boots
properly blackened every morning.
IlOh GIOIOuStIN Gudt Wick Od ILC LIHbhh
inondas, knew the working of the human heart.
Listen to a few of his gems. "Never lend your
horse. Seem, rather than be. Build your gar
den wall higher, if your neighbor can look over
it. Tread warily, if your path is strewn with
broken bottles. Be ready to do small kindnesses
always have postage stamps in your pocket, and
Metropolitan timetables, and the finest Eau-de-
Cologne that money can procure"
Mark what Lanater said to William Tell, when
they were coming home in the lawn from a post
mortem, over the Bridge of Signs, and talking
about the Revenue returns. Put a good face on
the matter. If troubles rise, stare them out OF
countenance. We all wear the same uniform.
The richest man cannot escape the toothache, and
the poorest may enjoy a sunset and a salad. be
content, and fill up your Income-tax-paper with
conscientious fidelity, and you will be scheduled
among the soft.
Golden words these Of Bacon's: The weak
nesses of men are often the strength of states, and
the i~ayorites of princes have before now become
the schuttlecocks of reyengeful Fortune. Some
either the one day or the other. Between the
beginning and the end there lie many intercalated
stations, where we may rest and recreate. and
gather strength for the venturers that Fortune
hath yet in her wallet. Blind as she i, she
sometimes drops the bandage and catches the
speakers eye but her myrmidons are a host,
and her followers a great army, and to be yicto-
rious over Fortune your weapons must be keen,
well-tempered, and bright, your arms strong and
your courage dauntless, your endurance
and your wife's relations unexcep-
ti~onable.-(Punch.) -