, 1876-12-08
Grains Of Gold.

We do not possess what We do no, un-
derstand.--tocfhc.
Unlimited activity Of any kind. must
At last end in bankruptcy.
IL il not - dangerous 10 do evil 10
most men as TO do them too much good.
The certain way TO he cheated j. 20
fancy ones self more cunning that 9th.
ers.
A great deal Of what passes for likeli.
hood in this world is simply the reflex
OF a wish.
A Joyous smile adds an hour TO ones
life. a heartfelt laugh day, a grin not
q moment.
Whatever good the world may say Of
us, it never says anything Of which we
were not previously aware.
A liar begins with making falsehood,
appear like truths, and ends with ma
king truth appear like falsehoods.
Men Of genius are often dull in socie-
ty; as the blazing meteor when it de-
scends to earth is only a stone.-Long-
Isiloir.
The only way to get the confidence of
the world is to show the world that you
do not want its cOnfdence.-Haydoa.
There is nothing a certain class of
men will not forgive, if you accept their
views; and nothing they will, if you do
not.
Let him who would have me for
listener speak positively ; of the prob
lematic 1 have enough within myself
Goethe.
In seeking a situation remember that
the right kind of men are always in de-
mand and that industry and capacity
rarely go empty handed.
Let no man fix his abode where five
advantages are not to be found-wealfh,
divine teacher, magistrate, river
and physician. -Hitopadesa.
1 hold my peace concerning many
things, as 1 do not wish to perplex my
fellow-men, and am content to see them
rejoicing at what irritates me.-Goetke
Water, though well-warmed, would
quench, nevertheless, the fire that
warmed it. Thus may the character of
treacherous person be described
Sanskrit
Never put much confidence in such
as put no confidence in others. A man
prone to suspect evil is mostly looking
in his neighbor for what he sees in
himself
Prosperity shines on different persons
much in the same way that the sun
shines on different objects. Some it
hardens like mud, while others it soft
ems like wax.
A man eminent in learning has not
even little virtue if he fears to prac-
tice it. What precious thing can be
shown to blind man by lamp which
he holds in his hand?
Honest and courageous people have
very little to say about their courage or
honesty. The sun has no need to boast
Of its brightness, nor the moon of her
effulgence.
How small a portion of our lives is
that we truly enjoy! In youth we are
looking forward for things that are to
come. In old age, we look backward
to things that are past.
The divinity of art, perhaps, chiefly
manifests itself in music, as it contains
no adventitious elements. Consisting
chiefly in form and feeling, it hightens
and refnes whatever it Expresses
Goethe.
Many readers judge of the power of
a book by the shock it gives their feel
ings, as some savage tribes determine
the power Of muskets by their recoil,
that being considered best which fairly
prostrates the purchaser.-LongJeilor.
All that augments liberty aug
ments responsibility. Nothing is more
grave than to be free; liberty weighs
heavily, and all the chains that she
takes from the body she binds upon the
conscience in the conscience, law is
turned inside out and becomes duty
Victor Hugo.
At first he falls at your feet, and then
drinks your blood; he huns strange
tune in your ear with soft murmers, but
meditates mischief, and having found
an opening, enters without remorse;
thus the false friend and the black gnat
practice alike every mode Of treachery.
-Raopddesa.
Talent is something, but tact is every
thing. Talent is serious, sober, grave
and respectable; tact is all that, and
more, too. It is not a seventh sense,
but is the life of all the five. It is the
open eyes, the quick ear, the judging
taste, the keen smell, and the lively
touch; it is the interpreter of all rid
dies, the surmounter of all difficulties,
and remover of all obstacles.-W. p.
ScargiH.
If you wish the pick of men and
women, take good bachelor and a
good wife. 1t is more important that
a wife should be a good gossip, and