Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-02-22
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'than he ought, is equally coward.
Falsehood could do little mischief
if it did not gain the credit of truth.
The easiest way to prevent here
sizes is to teach nothing but truth.
Innocence is like a polished ar
NOR; it adorns and defends.
To know how to wait is the Sc
cret Of success.
Study interest, if you would di-
vine the future.
Graves are but the footsteps OF
the angel of life.
Evil communication corrupt good
manners.
A prudent wife looks well to the
ways of her household, and eateth
not the bread of idleness.
The King that faithfully judgeth
the poor, his throne shall be estab-
lished.
Correct thy son, and he shall give
thee rest; yea, he shall give delight
TO thy soul.
NlAAAAEh arc 0tAlAl ny u NtlNlUlG
writer to be the tomorrow of So
cicty.
No ono can properly comprehend
the value OF friends until he tries to
live without them.
Man is a mass of vanity aud dust;
In God salone may mortals safely
trust.
The rose has its thorns, the dIa-
mond its specks, and every human
being his failings.
If men praise your efforts, suspect
their judgment-if they censure,
then your own.
Increase OF knowledge is a victo-
ry over idleness; and the beauty of
knowledge is rcctitude of conduct.
a statesman begins to lOtDer him
self when he comes to be hired by
others.
The excuses of youth are drafts
upon old age, payable with interest,
forty years from date.
When a man is his own enemy, he
is very unreasonable if he expects
other men to be his benefactors.
The commentary of a severe
friend is better than the embellish-
ments of sweet-lipped 1atterer.
A wise man viii avoid tempta-
ton, "for surely in vain is the net
spread in the sight of any bird.
The memory of the just is bless
cd; but the name of the wicked
shall rot.
All that faith labors for is to work
the soul to assurance that God will
deal with us according to his word.
There are two indispensable con-
ditions of ss-concentration
and continuity.
The gift of prayer may have praise
from men; but it is the grace of
prayer that gives glory to God.
a slip of the foot may be recov-
cred, but that of the lounge perhaps
never.
A moments effort in controlling
passion may often prevent days of
sorrow.
1t is not what we have but what
we are, which constitutes our glory
and felicity.
The gem cannot be polished with
out friction, nor sinful man perfect
ed without adversely.
Silence may be the sullen mood of
an evil temper, or the lofty endu-
rance of martyr.
Genius, like the sun upon the di-
al, gives to the human heart both its
shadow and its light.
The announcement that ''truth is
stranger than felton," is said to de-
pend mainly upon who tells it.
lie that too much refnes his deli
cacies will always Cndanger his
quiet.
They are rich. says Sir Thomas
Browne, who have enough to be
charitable.
No denunciation is SO eloquent rs
the silent inflHence of good exam
pie.
Painting is the intermediate some
what, between thought and
thing.
Purchased love and friendship
stop when the banker suspends pay
ment.
IL does not follow that the moon
is u dollar because it has four quar-
tCrs.
No honest man cares for the APP
probation or contempt of people
who can not see cause for respect in
virtuous industry.
The little short sayings OF wise
and excellent men are of great val
ne, like the dust OF gold, or the least
sparks OF diamonds.
Every ones life lies within the
present, for the past is spent and
done with, and the future is unccr-
tain.
Flowers are said to be the alpha
bet of the angels, wherewith they
write upon the hills and valleys Of
earth, mysterious truths.
Curtail your superhuities and in
crease your knowledge; he who
knows the value of his objects de-
spises the poins it cost him.
Solomon was wise man, but he
never uttered a better piece of adj
vice than this: ''AIy son, if sinners
ontice thee, consent thou not"
Give instruction to wise man,
and he will yet be wiser; teach a
lust man aud he will Increase in
learning.
The Lord viii not suffer the soul
of the righteous to famish, but he
casteth away the substance of the
wicked.
Our prayers should rum parallel
to promises; we should ask nothing
OF God but what we have an init
nation he will do for us.
Always look at the bright side.
DR.. johnson used to say that the
habit OF looking at the hest side of
things was worth more than thou
sand pounds year.
What shall be done with these
minutes we are now saving? We
cannot do much with a minute, and
vet If not taken care of, the hours
will not take care of themselves.
Aristotle seeing Il youth very con-
ceited. and withal ignorant; Young
man. said he, l wish was what you
think yourself, and my enemies
what yea are.
Graeeis holiness militant; holiness,
encumbered W it'll many enemies and
dificulties, which il ever fights
against. and manly acquits ITSELF
kpd frIorv i nothing else but holt