The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-02-08

There are more men who have lived too
long for their reputation than there are
who have died too soon.
There are two kinds of monkeys, my
friend, monkeys from choice and monkeys
from necessity-don' c0nfOund them.
Avarice Is the worst kind of poverty
1t is as hard to satisfy as the grave is.
think had rather meet q highwayman
than professional Pathfinder.
A weak man needs more watching than
a wicked one.
There is no better evidence of good
heart, and a strong head, than to give it
up, when fairly beaten.
An indOlent man may not be as bad as q
wicked one to-day, but there is great risk
that he will he tomorrow.
This is business-dOn't do for others
what you wouldn't think of asking them
to do for YOU.
IlOOk upon the man who never was
known to make a blunder with kind
of pity; he has simply missed his des-
tiny.
There is an immense amount of charity
which can be done in this world that don't
cost any more than giving man a light
from a cigar.
l don't blame any man for trying to
tighten his load; even mules won't carry
double without kicking up behind.
argue that if man has not any con-
science he has not any soul.
Keep your feet warm, your head cool,
and breathe through your nose, and doc
tors will he as scarce in this world as un-
dertakers at a pauper's funeral.
Happiness is from within, not from
without; person may hunt the world all
over in vain, and at last find happiness as
the old woman did the spectacles which
she had lost-On her own nose.
Next to an act of repentance, for solid
comfort and quiet satisfaction, cones an
act of pOliteness.
The man whose conversation is made
up entirely of what is called wit is the
most uncomfortable creature imaginable !;
l had rather stir up a hornets nest than
be stirred up by fellow of this kind.
Envy is passion that every one cult
Yates, and every one is ashamed of.
We can make almost anything possible
or impossible by saying it is so and stick
ing to it.
Pride and Jealousy are associates; the
peacock is Just as jealous as he is vain.
There is no limit to the ambition of
man; tell him that he could live forever,
he would want to live ten years longer,
and be omnipotent beside.
l have known men to spend months of
valuable time learning how to balance
themselves on one leg, and then get beaten
by goose any time.
When hear man Dragging that he
has worn the same old boots he has
ON for five years, and that they are as
good as ever. am ready to bet that that
man has just about filled his destiny.
The person who invented the friction
match, or tight boots made easy, has done
full as much service to mankind, and
more, than the authors of the stole philoso-
ply.
People are always happy just in pro.
portion to what they think they are; and
when man prOclaims that he is perfectly
happy he is either philosopher or fool !;
it don't make cents difference which.
There is large invoice of fresh-water
martyrs in this world; folks whose great
est pride is in telling what a dreadful
miserable time they have always had
on it.
1t is great satisfaction to know that
the devil never fought a successful battle
yet that wasn't fought under cover of
virtue.
There is right way to do everything;
the tman who knows exactly how, can
turn a grinding stone twenty per cent
better than green hand.
Silence has been strongly recommended
to those who have not anything to say.
If this rule was strictly carried out, am
afraid that talking would soon become
one Of the lost artS.-N. Y. WeekLu.