The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-05-04

/ Little uIOLlS q ram DEl4uteA the
meadows, and little acts Of kind
ness brighten the world.
The commentary Of a severe
friend is bitterer than the embell-
ishment Of sweet-lipped aatterer,
"Wine is a mocker; strong drink
is raging; and whosoever is deceiy-
ed thereby is not wise"
He who receives a good turn
should never forget it; but he who
does one should never remember it.
A musing mind viii not stand
neuter a minute, but presently side
with legions of good or bad thoughts
Most of our misfortunes are more
supportable than the comments Of
our friends upon them.
There comes a time when one
sweet child face is more to as than
all the world besides.
Modesty in a woman is like color
on her Enthusiastically becoming
if not put on.
A pure character is polished steel;
if it is tarnished by breath, Il al
most instantly RECEIVERS its bright
ness.
No man is content with his own
condition, though it be the best;
nor dissatisfied with his wit though
it be the worst.
The ever active and restless pow
er Of thought, ifnot employed about
what is good, viii naturally and un-
ayoidabiy engender evil
As the. mind must govern the
hands, so in every society the man
of intelligence must direct the man
Of labor.
Without love We are unhappy;
with it we are still unsatisfied and
long ever for an ideal, which We can
only reach IN heaven.
A soul without passion 10 ike un-
ripe fruit; not until the sunshine of
a real love touches it does it devel-
op sweetness and perfection.
The physician may have our bod
les to dissect as far as he and sci
ence demand, but God alone is to be
trusted with the scalpel of the soul~
He that is truly polite knows how
to contradict with respect and 20
please without adulation; and is
equally remote from an insipid COM
plaisanee and a low familiarity.
Glory to the man who rather
bears a grief corroding his breast
than permits it to prowl beyond
and to prey on the tender and con-
passionate.
Christ, when on earths cured nla-
ny a spot, especially of leprosy; but
never smoothed any wrinkles never
made any old man young again
But in heaven he will do both
He who inagines that he can do
without the world is much deceived,
but he who fancies that the world
cannot do without him is still more
deceived.
Mourn not that you are weak and
humble. The gentle breeze is bet
ter than a hurricane, the cheerful
fire of the hearth-stone than the
conhagration.
The true motives Of our actions,
like the real pipes, of an organ, arc
usually concealed. But the gilded
and hollow pretext is pompously
placed in the front, for show.
Zimmerman says: Humility IS
the first lesson we learn from refec-
tion, and self-distrust the FIRST proof
we give of having obtained a knowl-
edge of ourselves.
Those who look for faults and
find them become fault-finders by
profession; but those who look for
truth and good find them and be-
come lovers Of them.
It is not good for a man to be too
tart in his jests. Bitterness is for
serious potions, not for healths Of
merriment and the jollities Of a
mirthful feast.
Too great a spirit in a man born
to poor means is like a high-heeled
shoe to one of mean stature; it ad-
yanceth his proportion, but is ready
to fit him with falls.
If reproof doth not SAVIOR Of hne
manity it signifeth nothing. It
must be like bitter pill wrapped in
gold and tempered with sugar, 9th.
erwise it viii not go down or work
efectually.
To return the love Of friends is
the charity Of publicans from che
compact Of advantage; but to be
well-minded towards enemies is
among the heights of Christian law,
and an imitation of the God-head.
Coleridge said Il often amuses
me to hear men impute all their
misfortunes to fate, bad luck, or
destiny, whilst their success or good
fortune they ascribe TO their own
sagacity, cleverness or penetration.
The less We can give, the more
we should forgive; but, alasi this is
the worst Of all, that giving goeth
not so much against our covetu-
business, but forgiying goeth more