The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-10-01
Wise Sayings.
Frugality begets wealth.

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Man is caught by his tongue an OK by
his horns.
Men speak to each other by wo DIS; AMI
mails by signs.
Help somebody worse of than ourself,
and you will feel that you are better off than
you fancied.
You will gain good reputation if you
avoid those actions which you censure and
blame others.
We take great pains to persuade others
that we are happy than in endeavoring to
think so ourselves.
We exaggerate misfortune and happiness
alike. We are never either so wretched or
so happy as we say we are.
That which is taken in with the milk only
goes with the sonl. Faults contracted in in
1 fancy disappear with death.
With parsmony little is sufficient, and
without it nothing is sufficient, whereas fru-
gality makes poor man rich.
God has given us speech in order that we
may say pleasant things to our friends, and
tell bitter truths to our enemies.
We should not quarrel about trihes yet
there are persons who will contend with a
friend about matters of no importance.
| We have many acquaintance, but we can
have but few friends; this made Plato say
that he who hath many friends hath none.
Obscurity in writing is commonly an ar
gument of darkness in the mind The great
est learning is to be seen in the greatest
plainness.
Never be sorry for any generous thing that
you ever did, even if it was betrayed. You
cannot afford to keep on the safe side by be-
| ing mean.
Were we to take as much pains to be what
we ought to be as we do to disguise what we
really are, we might appear like ourselves,
without being at the trouble of any disguise
at all.
In seeking a situation, remember that the
right kind of men are always in demand, and
that industry and capacity rarely go empty
handed.
We look at death through the cheap glaz-
ed windows of the flesh, and believe him the
monster which the ilawed and cracked glass
represents him.
All things are by fate, but poor, W ak man
sees but part of the chain, the nearest link,
his eye not carrying to that equal beam tha
poises all above.
1t is one of the first effects of prosperity to
make a man q vortex instead of q fountain,
so that, instead of throwing out, he learns
only to draw in.
Children should be taught the frequent
use of good, strong, expressive words-words
that mean exactly what they should express
in their proper places.
He who freely praises what he means to
purchase, and he who enumerates the faults
of what he means to sell, may set up part
nership with honesty.
The best capital young man can start
with in life is industry, with good sense,
courage, and morality. They are better thar
cash, credit, or friends.
1t is with fortune as with fantastical mis-
tress she makes sport of those who are
ready to die for her. and throws herself at
the feet of others that despise her.
This is most true, and history bears testi-
mony to it, that men may second fortune,
but they cannot thwart her they may weave
her web, but they cannot break it.
The cause of freedom is identified with the
destinies Of humanity, and in whatever part
of the world it gains ground it will be COM
mon gain to all those who desire it.
To pardon those absurdities in ourselves
which we cannot suffer in others is neither
better nor worse than to be more willing to
be fools ourselves than to have others so.
Wit loses respect with the good when
seen in company with malice, and to smile
at the jest which plants thorn in anothers
breast is to become principal in the mis-
chief
Futurity is impregnable to mortal ken;
no prayer pierces through heavens adaman.
tine walls. Whether the birds fly right or
left, whatever he the aspect of the stars, the
book of nature is a maze, dreams are lie,
and every sign a falsehood.
Be frank with the world. Frankness is
the child of honesty and courage. Say just
what you mean TO do on every occasion, and
take it for granted that you mean to do what
is right.
Rabelais has written some sensible pieces
which the world did not regard at all. 81
will write something" says he, that they
shall take notice ofw And so he sat down
to write nonsense,
Thoughtfulness for Others generosity,
modesty, and self-respec are the qualities
which make real gentleman or lady, as dis
, tinguished from the veneered article which
commonly go by that name
There is nothing that wears out fine face
like the vigils of card table and those cut
ting passions which naturally attend them.
Haggard looks and pale compilations are the
c natural indications of female gamester.
/ Among all other virtues, humility, the
: lowest, is pre-eminent; it is the safest, be-
u cause it is always at anchor, and that man
;, may be truly said to live the most content
e in his calling that strives to live within the
:, compass of it.
What is commonly called friendship is no
more thah partnership, reciprocal regard
i for one another's interests, and an exchange
of good offices in word, mere traffic
, wherein self-loye always proposes to be a
!" gamer.
- As laughter enables mirth and surprise tC
:, breathe freely, so tears enable sorrow to vent
,o itself patiently. Tears hinder sorrow from
- becoming despair, and laughter is one of thu
- privileges Of reason confined to the human
species