The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-06-18
Wise Sayings.

F, ! ing.
If rich, be not clated; if poor be not de-
jectod.
Let him that knows little keep to that he
knows best.
Bo slow in choosing friend, and slower
to change him.
They who would rule safely must rule With
love, not arms.
In quarrel it is always the well bred who
will irst give way.
The universe would not be rich enough to
buy the vote of an honest man.
Half The ills we hoard within our hearts
arc ills because we hoard them.
Sincerity is the soul Of virtue. When she
flies away the whole body decays.
The good of a mans lie cannot be meas
urod by the length of his funeral procession.
DO not anxiously expect what is not yet
come do not vainly regret what is already
past.
The cnyious man is made gloomy, not only
in his own cloud, but by another mans sun
shine.
Happiness is a perfume that one cannot
shed over another without few drops fall
ing on himself.
Idleness is the dead sea that swallows up
all virtues, and the self made scpulchro Of Il
living man.
Do the best you can, whatever you UNDER
take; if you arc only street sweeper, sweep
your very best.
To quoll the pride even of the greatest,
we should reflect how much more we owe to
others than to ourselves.
ISLANDERS, issuing from red and beautiful
lips, are like foul spiders crawling from the
bushing heart of rose.
Every violation of truth is not only sort
of suicide in the liar but is stab at the
health cf human society.
New actions are the only apologies and
explanations Of old ones which the noble
can bear to offer or to receive.
The man who holds the ladder at the bot
tom is frequently of more service than he
who is stationed at the top of it.
y really greatman is known by three signs
generosity in the design, humanity in the
execution, moderation in success.
We often see young spendthritts allying
themselves to females who are not so only
because they have nothing to expend.
We are sure to be losers when we quarrel
with ourselves; ii is civil war, and in all
such contentious triumphs are defeats
The man who loves children, and whom
children instnctively love, is always man
with a heart good, and pure and sympa-
thetic.
There is nothing in nature more useful
than water; but commonly speaking, you
can neither obtain a farthing for it nor get
any article in exchange for it.
Never neglect your frepaces. Much of
the cheerfulncss of life depends upon them.
What makes fire so pleasant is that it is
live thing in a dead room.
Philosophers themselves, like the stole
gentleman Of Marmontel, after praising sim
plicity living, often sink to sleep on heavy
suppcrs and beds of down.
The demon of dullness which is often al
lowed to reign at home has more to do with
driving your mcninto vicious company than
the attractions of vice itself.
We should manage our fortune like our
constitution; enjoy it when good, have pa
tiencc when bad, and never apply violent
remedies but in cases of necessity.
Deep learning will make you acceptable
to the learned, but it is only an easy and
obliging behavior and entertaining CONVEX
sation that will make you agreeable in all
companies.
Don't send for an adviser with the mere
view of being confirmed in your own opin-
ion, You might as we'll send for doctor
and prescribe to him what medicine he
should order.
Success in any calling is the result of
mans love of and belief in the work he has
undertaken. Earnest and conscientious labor
often accomplishes more in the end than
brilliant genius.
The most momentous question 4 woman is
ever called upon to decide is, whether the
faults of the man she loves viii drag her
down, or whether she is competent to be his
earthly redecmcr.
Life is like q roll of costly material passing
swiftly through our hands, and we must en-
broider our pattern as it goes. We cannot
wait too long to pick up false stitch, or
pause too long before we set another.
The intoXication of anger, like that of the
grape, shows Us to others but hides Us from
ourselves, and we iniure our own cause, in
, the opi@on of the world, when we too pas
siona,eIy and eagerly defend it.
>, Many persons, when they find themselves
+ in danger of shipwreck in the voyage of life,
r throw their darling vices overheard. "a other
c mariners do their treasures, only to fshthem
IS up again after the storm is over
o Nothing more powerfully argues a life be-
II yond this than the failure of ideals here.
y Each gives us only fragments Of humanity
y fragments of heart, fragments of mind, frag-
= ment5 Of charity, love and virtue.
OF all the loves on earth most like the di.
:, vine love is that of the good mother-so un-
~ selfish, unlorgetting, watchlul, consideratc
:" free from all jealousy, and desiring the gooC
80 other children far more than her own hap
+" pness.
~ If you love Others they will love you. I
y" you speak kindly to them they will spea
~, kindly to you, Love is repaid with loy
-, and hatred with hatred, Would you hear
" sweet and pleasing echo, speak swcetly an
pleasantly yourself
ev a smile costs the giyer nothing; yet it
~ beyond price to the erring and rcpentin
~. the sad and cherries, the lost and iorsakc
to 1t disarms malice, subdues temper, turns ei
zen nifty to love, revenge to kindness, and paw
elf the darkest paths with gems of sunlight,
hc II is the mark of noble nature to
la nnick TO recOrni2e That which il nrni.nuc