The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-07-26
MORAL GEMS.
Bride thy tongue.

repose.
Curses recoil on the head of him who
imprecates them. E p
Heaven Is the place for those who
have failed Oh earth.
Doing good IL the only certainly hap
py action of mans life.-,Sidaey.
He who does evil that good may
come pays toll tO the devil. l.-Hdre.
No chains SO unworthy to hold you
rs those of vain regret.
One loses all the time that he can
employ better ROusseau.
We let cur blessing grow mouldy and
then call them curses.-Beecher.
The way of the world is to make laws
but To follow customs.-Montaigne.
think it is best not to dispute where
there is no probability of convincing
Whitefeld.
The most dangerous of all flattery is
the inferiOrity of those about us.-Mad
,StOetchine.
He who relates the faults of others to
you, desires to relate yours to others.
Our actions are our wD; their conse.
Yuences belong TO HeaveD.-P Fran
CTS.
The greatest advantage q man can
procure for his children is to have them
well educated.
Life is like wine; he who would
drink it pure must not drain ii to the
siregs-,Sr W. Temple.
Cato says the very best way to keep
good acts In memory, is to refresh them
with new ones.
There never was any heart truly
great and gracious that was not also
tender and cOmpassiOnate.-iSo South.
He who does good shall not lose his
reward. A good action never per-
isbes. =
1t Is impossible to speak against
christianity without anger, nor to
speak for it without lOve.-JOubeyt.
Prayer Is the peace of our spirits, the
stiffness Of our thoughts, the rest of
our cares, ibe calm of our Transports.
The action of men are like the index
rfa book; they point ont what is the
fzsost remarkable i'm them.
Great wickedness aud great self
the same persons and communities.
The smallest and slightest impedi
ments are the most piercing, and ~
little letter mort tire our eyes, so do
little affairs most disturb us.
Virtue will catch as well as vice hy
contact; and the public stock of i,uI,tq,l,
manly principle vii daily Accumulate.
Allegeries, whe.i well cin,sen, are 30
many tracks Of light IN discourse, that
make everything about them clear and
beautiful. addison.
Generosity during life il a very ,lif-
ferent thing from generosity ia the
hour of death; one proceeds from gen
nine liberaiiiy aud bebevolencc, the
other from pride or fear.
An avaricious man leads life OF
poverty here below, but he must give
an account of rich man in the day of
Judgment.
The excellence of aphorisms consists
not so much in the impression of some
rare or obtuse sentiment, a. i'm the
comprehension of some useful truth in
"a few words.-JOhnSon.
He who sedulously attends, pointedly
asks, calmly speaks, coolly answers,
aud ceases when he has more to say, is
IN possession of some of the best re-
guisites Of man.-LaUdter.
Aristotle, on being censured for be-
slowing aims on bad man, made the
following noble reply: 81 did not give
II TO the man; gave it to humanity"
Sin is but bitter-sweet at best; and
the fine oOlOrs of the serpent do by no
means make amends for the smart aud
poison OF the sting.
No man should be much taken up In
'earch of truth, as thereby to neglect
the more necessary duties of active
life; for after all Is done, it Is action on
ly that gives true value and COM
mendatiOn to virtue.-Cicero.
This whole life Is but one great school.
From the cradle TO the grave We are
scholars. The voices of those we love,
and the wisdom of past sges, and
our experience, are our teachers. At
tlictiobs give us discipline. The spirits
If departed saints whisper to us
Come up higher"
Do not think of one fault as HARM
less and another as slight, and another
rs unintended. Cast them aside: they
may be light and accidental, but they
are ugly soon from the smoke of the
tit, for all that; and it is better that
our hearts should be swept clean o
them, without one care rs to which is
The largest or the blackest.