Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1871-04-20
WIT AND WISDOM.


WIT AND WISDOM
lay no wagers.
Make no comparisons.
Be not proud or popular.
Jest without bitterness.
Undervalue not thyself.
Commend no man rashly.
s Great qualities make assstmen.
g Aeddle not wirh ths afairs Of Others.
coA good servant makesa seSod master.
GIVE soaf ffteud eSannsef With eau.
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He who acts greatly is truly great.
Hearts may agree though heads dif-
He doubles his gifts who gives In
tine. i--" 10 -
Fear not that which cannot be avoid.
ed. ~ sH--i0 - - -
He who opposes honesty never had
any. -.-'-- -
He who avoids the temtation avoids
sin. --. b 49, -
He that is hasty fishes In an empty
ponp.s.ii buc II q ~ tl1L-.-1
Heisidlewho might be betteremploy.
eea. s2lgi9ni1I sd9 - ,ZI1o II %
He who sows brambles must not 20
bare footed. Sd! ta..f noiasv
. Gods mercies are as boundless az his
oeins. ,T-isgaod Cd I..g g, ,aII
We use riches as children use tops
to amuse US till we fall asleep.
1t is better to labor under alteration
or mind than alteration 0f morals.
Human nature is so constituted, that
all see, and judge better, in the affairs
of all other men than in their own.
No man ought toenjoy what is too good
for him; he ahouf; make himself
worthy oft and rise to its level
No mouse has a narrower or meaner
hole than many person who volun-
tarily ''retires intohis own mind"
If an authors writingsi are iampoons
upon his -neighbors, his life is proba-
bly, a lampOon upon himself.
ANY one may do casual act of good
nature, but a continuation of them
shows it to be part of the tempera-
ment. '-- - -
of curls, and set our feet on ell-high
rocks. Still We abide ever-what we
are.IG lI9il. -2-l. -.Jl.5-
l5 Custom is no small matter. A cuss
tom of habit of life deos frequently al
ter the the patursl inclination either
to good or evil. -
How strangely the moon lights up
the past: how it shines through the
years that are gone, showing US of
graves by its glenn. a. BIZ
-5 We love much more warmly while
&C cherishing the Intention Of giving
pleasure, than an hour afterwards when
we have given II. q .35s
The winnning-post Of the race of lif.
is slab Of white or gray stone, stand
ing out from that turf where there l.
no more jockeying. S.
Truth is the only real lasting founda-
tion for friendship; and in everything
and diss;n,uIat;o,,
we should study IN all thing TO con-
ciliate and cherish continually that
charity and forgiving spirit which We
would have exercised towards US.
Brigham Young is said to have lost
twenty.seven methers-in-law In five
years. Iheir iosss is ms gam,
r. A hypoerite may spin so fair a thread
that it may deceive his own eye; he
may admire the cobweb. and not
iA" Aiio" NM hihiSeii ~ W os tl'e sp'oe oe
!. Why should Romeo not have cared
for the month of June Because II is
not July yet. Juliet.f IIR IL
The first newspaper In America was
published in Lima, Perry, by the Jes
uits. .sszl,o -.rl.o!-u.
nbo .. ,,,,,,
tS'.t PeIaSt ~ PSs., ~
our, impatience, and
the delusion that it win last forever.
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- ns,e ade sone n gS'oP.e M e.I.ss NV VIII
vue th ny ,c,,d iiis st-us q, ALL anu <sS s
do not 90, but are carried. ass
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rrayer Is Is n9t sloquence, ous earnest
ness nos tiae uen:atloii' SI neip'essnes,
= put Ut ene leeiing ~ Q. y, no. ngures Oh speech
OUT coihpolic'loh Oh soui.
In Iaient, not gsnio1s' can oe epresseu
-tnas Is anniniIaIeu Iust az = com-
pounu can pe oesIroyeaItnat s, ue-
colnposseu'' out not a simple power
Good nature, like the busy bee, col
lects from every herb: while ill-nature,
like the spider, collects poison from the
honeyed flowers. -,