The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-06-15
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most useful part Of philosophy.
The way to get rich is to spend
less than you earn.
Love others, and you viii be low
ed by them.
He who runs after a shadow hath
a wearisOme race.
Censure is the tax a man has to
pay for being eminent.
Hem the Sabbath well, and it viii
not ravel all the week.
To acquire wickedly, is to spend
foolishiy. Ill got, i'll spent.
The Christians cup may be brim-
full of sorrow; but for him the over
flowing drop is never added.
Language was given US that we
might say pleasant things to and
of each other
The man is best served who has
no occasion to put the hands of
others at the ends Of his own arms.
DR.. Franklin once said: Give
your son a trade and you do more
for him than you do by giving him
a fortune.
Any rumor is sufficient against
calamity. When a man is distress
ed, a breath may complete his ruin.
Never despair. God is where he
is, and helps those who truly trust
in him.
Everything is gained, and moth
ing lost by courtesy. Good man
ners go far to insure success in life.
Out of Christ life is an impene-
trable mystery; in him it is glori-
ously solved.
We ought not to judge of mems
merits by their qualifications, but
by the use they make Of them.
There is stupidity and pride in
doing too little, but in over acting
it there is objection and hypocrisy.
There is no fear in love, but per-
feet love casteth out fear, because
fear hath torment.
There is many an unfortunate one
whose heart, like a sunbeam, al
ways appears Ioveliest in its break
ing asunder.
He who comes too speedily to a
conclusion, and acts upon the i'm
pulse of the moment, is not long in
repenting it.
It becomes a young man to be
modest. Reserve and modesty are
the flowers with which youth APP
pears best decorated.
Good actions should occupy, like
fixed stars, the same station of firm
ness, and should not be subject to
irregular and retrogade motions.
When God has a word of com
mand, faith has an ear to hear, q
heart to be willing, and feet ready to
go on His GRAND.
1t is great folly to think Of being
wise alone. None but a fool can
imagine that he has a monopoly of
! good sense.
The harsh, harsh world neither
sees nor tries to see mems hearts;
but whenever there is opportunity
of evil, supposes evil to exist.
BY the outward acts we can judge
of the inward secrets. We can on
ly decide on mems intentions from
their conduct.
Do not overdo what has already
been done. The work which is fin
ished may be endangered by the
touches of superfuous anxiety.
Goodness of heart is mans best
treasure, his brightest honor, anC
noblest acquisition. It is that ray
of divinity which dignifes human
ity.
Foundations are hidden. It il
not the apparent virtues which
give stability to character. 1t is
not what a man appears to be but
what he is in the foundations.
Yield to the oppOser; by yield
ing you viii obtain the victory. A
prudent concession is sometime:
equal to an advantage gained Over
your opposer.
No maxim is more just, or more
useful in common life than this
that whatever a man can personally
accomplish, he should never leay,
to be transacted by another person
Politeness is the poetry Of con
duct, and like poetry, it has many
qualities, Let not your politenes
be too fiorid. but of that gentle kin,
which indicates a refined nature.
Work is essential to success il
any business; but brains, calcula
ton, are equally important. Tn
successful men are the thinkers al
always; not the men who can d
the biggest days work.
When You doubt between word
choose the plainest, the common
est, the most idiOmatic. Avoi
fine words as You would rouge; low
simple ones as you would natur,
roses on Your cheeks.