The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1871-09-30
sense and sentiment.


have fire proof. perennial enjoyments
called employments.-Jean Paul Richter
A day laborer is better off than a mil
Ilionaire, who always has a gold key tied
to his heart Auerbach.
Repentance without amendments like
continual pumping in a ship, without
stopping the leaks Palmer
When man has done something to
delight the world, the world will thence
forward take care that he shall not do il
second time Goethe.
Everything that looks to the future
elevates human nature, for never IS life
so low, or so little, as when occupied
with the present - Landon.
Inyiolable fidelity, good humor, and
icomPiacency Of temper, outiive all the
charms of fine face, and make the de-
Gays of it Invisible Taller.
Wit is not leveled so much at the mus
Giles as at the heart; and the latter will
sometimes smile when there is not a
single wrinkle on the cheek.-Lyttleton.
Hypocracy, Of course, delights in the
most sublime speculations; for, never
intending to 90 beyond speculation, it
costs nothing to have it magnificent
Burke.
Known unto God are all future events
and contingencies. / have thrown my
self bliudfold, and, trust, without re
serve, into his almighty hands, White
field
OF all the duties, the love of truth
with faith and eonstaney in ii, ranks first
and highest. Truth IS Sod To love
God and to love the truth are one and
the same thing.-[Sllvio Pellico.
When l see the elaborate study and
ingenuity displayed by women in the pur-
suits of trifes, | feel no doubt Of their
capacity for the most herculean under
takings.- Julia Ward Howe.
Never overwhelm your friends by beg
ging them to make themselves at home,
/ or they will soon wish they were there
Show by your actions rather than your
words that you are glad to see them.
\ husband should notchill an enthu
siastic wife, and, above all, should never
separate himself from her fayorite topic
when she loves him well enough to try
aud share it with him Reade.
I have known folks who have never
committed a blunder, whose hearts are
as dry as dust; and others who have
constantly transgressed, whose sympa
thies were as warm and quick as those Of
an angel Celia Burleigh.
4 woman who has reached the end Of
youth must not suppose that she has any
; further concern with passion-not even
with vanquishing it. Her strength must
/ heuceforth lie in calm, not in courage
4 Madame Guizot.
There is nothing so graciously inclin-
ed toward Us as God aud our own con
science, because no other knows the man
ner in which things happen with Us, and
the inner workings of our souls Ra-
hel Varnh gen Won Euse.
According to some classes of theolo-
gians, it is necessary for God to wind
up his watch from time to time, or it
would stop outright. According to their
view, He was not far-sighted enough to
make perpetual motion Leibnitz.
Be faithful. Learn that all your work
IS done for God Slight nothing Have
the same evidence Of your salvation that
the little servant girl had who, when
asked how she knew she was converted,
said, Because sweep under the mats"
A transcendant faith, a cheerful trust,
turns the darkness of night into a pillar
Of fire, and the cloud by day into per
petual glory. They who thus march on
are refreshed even in the wilderness, and
hear streams of gladness trickling among
the rocks.
O wives and mothers be wise before it
is too latel Live so as to enjoy every
day of your life. Ten years hence, or
eren to morrow, you may die. Live so
that your presence will gladden. the lives
of your dear ones, more than anything
your hands can win for them.
The noblest thing on earth il the man
who rises to the dignity Of self mastery
The man who can refuse indulgence to
a clamoring desire; can hold the craving
appetite ungratifed, and can say to the
rising passion, Peace, be still, Is he
70 above Alexander or Hercules.
A minister asked a little boy who had
been converted, Does not the devil tell
you that you are not Christian?' Yes
sometimes" well, what do you say to
him?" II tell him." replied the boy,
with something of Luthers spirit, "that,
whether l am Christian or not, it is
none of his business.
The habit of dissipating every serious
thought by a succession of agreeable sen
sations, is as fatal TO happiness as virtue,
for when amusement Is uniformly substi
tuted for objects of moral and mental in
terest. we lose all that elevates our enjoy
ments above the scale Of childish pleas
ures.
The great difference between men
between the feeble and powerlul-the
GREAT and Insignificant, Is energy, irwin
cible determination purpose once fix
ed upon. aud then death or victory
That quality viii compass anything that
is possible in life, and no talent-no cir
cumstances-no opportunities, will make
wan without it.
Endeavor to take your work quietly.
Anxiety and over action are always the
cause of sickness aud restlessness. We
must, use our judgement to control our
excitement, or our bodily strength will
preak down We must remember that
our battle is to be won by strength not
cur own. tits battle that does not de-
pend upon the swift and strong.
Man is feeble reed, trembling in the
midst of creation; but then he IS endowed
with thought It does not need the uni
verse to arm for his destruction A
breath Of wind, drop Of water will suf
fee to kill him But, though the uni
verse were to fall on man and crush him,
he would be greater in his death than the