Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-04-05
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verence himself.
Pride sleeps in gilded crown;
contentment in q cotton night cap.
Keep your store ofsmiles and kind
words for home. Give to the world |
only those which are to spare.
There is nothing ugly for those
who know the virtues and beauties |
of all things the Creator has made.
One of the most important rules |
of the science of manners is an abso- |
lutte silence in regard to yourself.
1t was terse and strong saying of
Thoreau, "Be not simply good; be
good for something"
The French have very signifi-
cant saving. 1t is always the unex-
pected which happens.
True merit, like the pearl inside
of an oyster, is content to remain
quiet until it finds an opening.
Let it be remembered chat joy is
the warm, sunny side of the mind
and of the body.
1t is worth while to remember
that fortune is like the skies in the
month of April, sometimes cloudy,
and some times clear and favorable.
Never expect selfishly ambitious
man to be true friend. He who
makes ambition his god, tramples
on everything else.
We mount to heaven mostly on
the ruins of our cherished schemes,
finding that our failures were sue
ceases.
nipotent; and Omnisciance may see
tence could bestow.
Men want restraining as we'll as
propelling power. The good ship
is provided with anchors as well as
sails.
Politeness is the outward garment
of good will; but many are the nut
shells in which, if you crack them,
nothing like kernel is to be found.
The despolism of custom is on the
wane; we are not content TO know
that things are; we ask whether they
ought to be. II
There are emotions that one could
never put into words without the
danger of being ridiculous. Analy-
sis is the death of sentiment.
All the souls books are the sacred
scriptures:
out from the heart of nature rolled
The burdens OF the Bible old.
All right training consults the
aptitudes of the mind, favors the
natural bent of the genius and
charms the faculties into exercise.
Go straight on, and don't mind
enemies. If they get in your way,
calmly walk around them, regard.
less of their spite.
The ripest fruit often grows upon
the toughest wall; and the purest
and best lives are often the hum
blest and most obscure.
1t is the small wheels of the wag
on that come first; so it is the it'll,
sins that go before and pave the
way for the greater.
The man who holds the ladder a
the bottom, is frequently of morl
service than he who is stationed a
the top of it.
The time to look for and cherish
compensations is when trouble
come. If the thorne wounds you
finger, consider the beauty and per
fume of the rose.
Our minds are like ill-hung Vehi
cles; when they have to carry, the,
raise a prodigious clatter; whel
heavily laden, they neither creal
nor rumble.
The man who never stumble
knows nothing of the world of soT
row beneath him, the wealth o
sympathy around, and the heaven
of forgiving love over his head.
On earth we have nothing to d
with success or with its results, bu
only bring them to God and 70
God; for Il is sincerity and not sue
cess which is the sweet SAVIOR bt
fore God.
1t viii be generally found this
those who whet their appetites b
vigorously abstaining from one Ell
joyment, are the most voracious
the qualification of others.
He only is advancing in life who's
heart is getting softer, whose bloc
is warmer, whose brain is quicl
whose spirit is entering into Twin
peace.
The blossom cannot tell what b,
comes of its odor, and no man ca
tell what becomes of his lnfiuenC
and examples that roll away froI
him and go beyond his ken on the
perilous mission.
A man given up to ambition wi
climb upwards towards his objec
though he treads upon the hearts
those who love him best; and in h
eyes your only value lies in the Vi
you may be to him.
Love is like the "Tree of Life
bearing, as fruit, joy, eheerfulnes
kindness, patience, pity, charit
confidence, forgiveness, forbea
ance, endurance and strength; yiel
ing his fruit not only monthly b
hourly, and all her acts are for II
healing of human hearts and immo
tai souls.
Trials are moral ballast that oft,
prevent our capsizing. When v
have much to carry, Heaven rare
fallS 10 Mt the DaCk 10 tue DuIue
Where we have nothing to bear, v
can seldom bear ourselves. L
burdened vessel may be slow
reaching the destined port, but 4
vessel without ballast is in INN
nent danger of not reaching it at a
The poor mechanic who perform
his daily task to provide for /
wife and little ones, and contri
utes through his example and inf
ence to mould the popular mind
noble comprehension OF its tr
dignity, is fulfilling his mission
faithfully as the millionaire w
contributes his thousands to aid
some useful public undertaking.
True happiness does not imp
satisfaction, but continual develo
ment. The student loves kno'
ledge for its own sake, and C
never cease acquiring; and VIII
men love goodness and truth
their own sake, they shall have t
untold happiness, not only of sat
vino the ever unfolding needs
their own natures, but of ministl
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