The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-03-26

Inc MOWERS are Duf the earth F1V1ned
Morning for labor, evening for re-
pose.
Treat reports with indifference, and
others will soon learn to disregard
them.
Sarcasm is the natural language d
the devil.
Do not choose your friend by his
looks, handsome boots often pinch the
feet. sz
Govern your thoughts when alone
and your tongue when in company.
The small courtesies sweeten life,
thegreRter ennobIe il. 3a
Custom may lead man into MANY
errors, but it jnstifes none.
A good heart serves our friends bet
ter thRn 1T does our interests. -
LIS better to desire than to enjoy.
to love than to be loved.
Every fire. sh requirement is another
remedy against afiiiction and time.
Without earnest convictions nc
great or sound literature is conceiva-
bic.
The prodigal robs his heir, the miser
robs himseIf. ##
The gfeat secret of success in life,
is for man to be ready when the op-
pertHnity comes. a
The greatest men live ufseen te
view, while thousands are not quail
ned to express their influence.
The wise man stands firm in all ex-
tremitias, and bears the lot Of his hu-
mauity with divine temper. = =
In proportion as we ascend the So
cial scale we find as much mud there
as below, only it is hard and gilded.
By united effort, the theofist and
the practical man may accomplish
much, which neither could effect alone
Unpopularity or popularity il utter
" worthless a. test of nanhoodis
worth.
Talent is that which is in a mans
power, genius is that in whose power
a man is.
BE that lives in fear of death, every
moment feels its torture. I viii die
Dut OHsfsNpeE~s ar1z
He #noi Is only in good health and
is willing to work has nothing to fear
in this world.
IN the mArchi of life don't heed the
'order fright about" when you know
you are about right.
Love is never lost. If not recipro-
Gated it win flow back and soften and
purify the heart.
The greatest friend of truth is time
her greatest enemy prejudice, and her
constant companion is humility.
LIZ Is good in feyer and much better
IN anger to have the tongue kept clean
and smooth.
See the sack open before you buy
what is in it; he who trades in the
dark asks to be cheated.
Coleridge said that toleration was
inn AL hi =
worthless.
Envy is strongly Characteristic of
httIeness OF mind: truly noble and
generous man feels no enmity toward
q successful rival.
The triumph of wit is to make your
good nature sUbdue your censure to
be quick in seeing faults and slow in
exposing them.
The reason why more homage is
paid toiWealth than wisdom. saws
Russian poet, is because one can bor-
row wealth and not wisdom.
Idleness among children, as among
men, is the root of all. evil, and leads
TO no other evil more surely that i'll
temper. a~-
Dlnculties excite the mind to the
dignity which sustains and finally con-
quers misfortune, and the ordeal re-
lines while it chastens.
The only qualification the covetous
man gives his neighbors is to let them
see that he himself is no better for
Whatrhe has than they aresg n-s
9funkenness is the parent of most
other vices. 1t quenches the. salutary
power of reason, and makes us the
sport raging passion.
10 be well spoken of, You must die
Even pauper when dead is mention
ed without sasperityy and that is as
much as any pauper can expect.
AB storm following storm, and wave
succeeding wave. give additional
hardness to the shell that encloses the
pearl so do the storms and waves of
life add force to the character.
Indolence is 3 positive characteris-
tic of the un1ettered. 1t always af-
fectS those whom eduoation has not
directed to liberal pursuits, or whose
immediate necessities do not drive
them to execution.