The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-08-08
VOL. XII.
GOLDEN WORDS.

--COmuctuS.
MEN, in general, are but grea
children.-Napoleon.
FINE manners are the mantle o
fair minds. s.-AtcOH
IT IS q Joy to think the best We
can of human kind Wordsworth.
No MAN is happy who does not
think himself so.-Nmcus Antoninus
A MAIDEN hath no tongue-but
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
IDLGNEss is many gathered miser,
les in one name.-Rtchter.
MARRIAGES are best of diseimilal
material.-IheOd0rG Parker.
FORTUNE does not change men; it
only nnmasks them. .-Madamc Ric,
c0bOni.
TnE RAYS of happiness like those OF
light, arc colorless when unbrokcn.-
LonqiIIow.
VIZ PARDON infidolitios, but we do
not forget thom.-Nadanle dc La
ayettc.
EyEEY ONE complains of the bad.
ness of his memOty, but nobody OF
his judgment. ROchG0ucauH.
ONE OF the most important rules
OF the science of mannere is an al
most abs lutte silence in regard to
yourself--HaIzac.
FnUdALIIy may be termed the
daughter of prudence, the sister Of
temperance and the parent of lib
erty.
EVERY MAN has his weak side; and
it is very often tho caso that this
weak side is the best side of the man.
No MAN can improve any compa-
ny for which he has not respect
enough to be under some degree OF
restraint.
The MOS II beautiful may be the
most admired and caressed, but they
are not always the most esteemed
and loved.
THERE Is no path but will be easier
travelled, no load but will be lighter,
no shadow on heart or brain but
will lift sooner, in presence of de-
tprnined cheerfulness.
IHs greater the difficulty the more
Slory in surmounting it. Skillful
pilots gain their reputation from
storms and tempests.
NEVER hire another person to do
the work which you can we'll do
yourself, unless you are suitably en-
ployed in some other occupation.
EVERY human creature is sensible
to intirmitios of temper, which it
should be his duty to correct and
snbdue partially in the early period
of life.
10 FLATTER person adroitly, one
must know three things-what they
ire, what they think they are, and
what they want other people to think
they are.
TRUTH can hardly be expected to
adupL itself to the crooked policy
and willy sinuosities of worldly al
fairs; for truth, like light, travels on
ly in straight lines.
The ROSES OF pleasure seldom last
long enough to adorn the brow OF
him who plucls them, and they are
the only roses which do not retain
then sweetness alter they have lost
their beauty.-BlaT.
A GREAT LIE is like great fish on
dry LAM; it may fret and fling, and
make frightful bother, but it can
not hult you. You have only to
keep still and it will die of ITSELF
UiabLr.
Ir IL No disgrace not to be able to
do everything; but to undertake, Or
pretend to do, what you are not
mado for, is not only shameful, but
troublesome and vexatious.-Pu-
tHrh.
Men and statues that are admired
in an elevated station have very
different effect on us when we ap-
lroach them; the first appear less
thon we imagined them, the last
larger Rccheloucauld.
PEnsoNs extremely reserved arc
like old enamelled watches which
had painted covers, that hindered
your seeing what time it was.-UOr-
ace lHoipoie.
Do NOT DE afraid because the CON-
mumty teens with excitement. ST.
lence and death are dreadful. The
rush of life, the vigor of earnest men,
the conflict OF realities, invigorate,
cleanse, and establish the truth
Beecher.
A PERSIAN philosopher being asked
by what method he had acquired so
much know ledge, answered: by
not being prevented by shame from
ASKING questions wnen was 15no-
rant.
The successful men of this world
arenot those who 60 off at full gal
lop, but, if l may use racing phrase
ology, those who "stay." 1t often
happens that those whose early
career is slower and gentler than
that of others exhibit a greater
amount of mind, and tougher staying
power, and come in at the winning
post at last.-Hurley.
OF 400, 100000 feet of lumber re-
ceived at Albany, N. Y, ria canal,
last year, nearly all was from Mich
iuon Mich; n on lun,hor uops elsn-