The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1875-10-21
Gems Of gbousbt.

Next to ia;th in God is faith in labor.
-Bogee.
1og'cw rks;metaphysic contemplates.
-Jcuber'.
Laws are the silent assessors of God.
" r. Algr.
The gods sell everything good for Ia
bor -EpicLarmus.
Anticipation Of evil is the death Of
happiness.
There is no virtue like necessity
Shakespeare,
Man is an animal that cooks his victu-
ais, Burke.
There is never bu, one opportunity Of
a kind --Thoreou.
The voice of the majority il no proof
of Justice -.Scailler.
We forgive too little, forget too much.
-.fadoms .Swetehiae.
1t never troubles the wolf how many
the sheep be.-Firgin.
Ofiaio. is medium between knovl-
edge and ignorance Plato.
The eternal stars shine out IS soon -
it is dark enough, h,-Carly1e.
A great mind will neither give an
atfront nor bear it,-Henro Home.
A countryman between two LAWYERS.
like fish between two cats.-Frank.
lin.
He who is master of all opinions can
never be the bigot of any-W r.
Aiser.
Mammon has enriched his thousands.
and has damned his ten thousands.-
South.
Wisdom is oftentlmes nearer when ws
stoop than when we Words.
uorth
II is impossible to be hypocrite and
to be brave at the same instant.-TAoa
Paine.
We should judge men by their treat.
mems ofothers rather than their treatment
of US r. T. Clarke.
He that wrestles with us strenthens
our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our
antagonist is our helper.-Bwke.
Since we are exposed to inevitable
sorrows, wisdom is the art of finding
compensation. -Leuis
Man is the jewel of God, who has
created this material world to keep his
treasure in. Theodore Parker.
God never yet kindled fagot, amp
made costly lamp Of man to prolonc
epochs Of darkness. John Weiss.
Love is but another name for that in
scrutahle presence by which the soul 10
connected with humanity-Simm..
Disinterestedness Inspired by enthusi-
asm is the true economy Of great minds,
and the true wisdom of great politici-
ans
Life has indeed some noble pleasures.
1t is so easy to i, good when compared
with the happiness We derive from doing
it.
Of all vir'-aa 2:sg. animity is the
rarcst. There a-e 2 alndred persons Of
merit for one who ". ely acknowledges
it in another. .-RGz.1.t.
True religion teaches US to reverence
what is under us, to recognize humanity
and poverty, ard despite mockery and
disgrace. wretchedness, suffering, and
death, as things divile-Goethe.
Weakness, light as we make of them,
by the names we give them, are things
of thews!-tough wrestlers!-have care
of then-keep aloof from them. suffer
them not to close with you! once they
get nos. they mostly keep it, aud often
are they mortal in the grapple.
What is virtue? To student who put
this question to the late D'Archibald
Alexander, his simple and admirable re-
ply was, Virtue consists Of our duty IN
the several relations that we sustain in
respect to ourselves, to our fellow-men,
and to God, as known from reason, con- =
science and relation"
1t often happens that the plans which.
in our human wisdom, we have laid.
would if carried out, prove disastrous to
ourselves, and it a. often happens that ,
Providence is secretly working for our
good, when, in the despair of tribulation
and adversely, we are led to think our
selves forgotten by Him who notes even
the fall of q sparrow.
Lost wealth may be ragained by
course Of industry-the wreck of health
repaired by temperance - forgotten
knowledge restored by study-aliented
friendship soothed into forgiveness
even forfeited reputation won back by
penitence and virtue. But who ever
again looked upon his ranished hours.
recalled MS sighted years and stamped
them with wisdom-or effaced from his