Middletown transcript., 1877-04-07
Uariedss.

ne VINO Knows no language but his
own does not even know that.
Whilst thou livessksep good tongue
in thy head, Shakespeare.
Truth is at the bottom Of we'll, and
the veil has annarentlz eaved n 80.
The valuo Of a mans education can
not be estimated by the price be paid
for it.
All philosophy lies in two words,
"sustain" and abstain. ."-Epictetas.
A long life without rest or peace in
God is nothing but long martyrdOm.
Do not forget that while you fold
your hands, Time folds not up bis
wings.
If falsehOod paralyzed the tongue,
what death-like silence would perTade
society.
If every man would only take the
advice he gives to other people he would
be happy.
It took thousands Of ages to it the
earth for man, and it may take as long
to ft man for earth.
OF all the riches that We hug. of all
the pleasures We enjoy, We can carry no
more out Of this world than out Of
dream
Be not afroDted at a jest. If one
throw ever so much salt at thee, thou
wilt receive no harm, unless thou art
raw and ulcerous.
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 be sees in him
self
Be firm, but be not too hasty to de-
eide. Weigh well before you act, but
having weighed, act promptly and abide
the result. This is the test Of judg-
ment.
Resolve never to speak Of a mans
virtues to his face, nor Of his faults be-
bind his back-a golden rule the obser-
vatiOn Of which would at once Danish
fattery and defamation from the earth.
Youth vanishes. manhood flies; soon
old age is ours. and then, like children,
weary with the days amusement, and
tired of petty aDnOyances and disap-
pointments, we are glad to lie down and
sleep.
Our strength often increases in pro-
portion to the obstacles which are i'm
posed upon it !: it is thus that we enter
upon the most perilous plans, after hav-
ing had the shame Of falling in more
simple ones.
The hand that hath made you fair
hath made you good; the goodness that
is cheap in beauty makes beauty brief
in goodness; but grace, being the soul
of your complexion, should keep the
body of it every fair.-iShakespeaye.
Conscience has thousand witnesses.
A good conscience is to the soul what
health is to the body II preserves a
constant ease and serenity within us,
and more than countervails all the ca.
lamities and Affections that can befall
us.
A young French duchess once OBJ
served to Madame de Maintenon '.My
aunt, you must admit that in England
the queens govern better than the kings,
and do you know why. my aunt2 Be-
cause under kings, it is women who
govern, and men under queens"
It were well if there were fewer he
roes, for l scarcely ever heard of any.
excepting Hercules, but did more mis-
chief than good. These overgrown
mortals use their will with their right
hand and their reason with their left
Jeremy Collier.
We certainly ought not to treat liv-
ng creatures like shoes or household
goods which when worn with use we
throw away and were it only to teach
to human kind We should
be merciful to other creatures. es.-Pwha-
lords.
Observe method in the distribution
If your time. Every hour will then
lnow its proper employment, and no
ime will be lost. Idleness will then be
hut out at every avenue, and with a
numerous body of vices that make up
Ter train Horne.
"Gimme something to cure boil"
a citizen as be dashed into a
lrug store. "Ah, SO you've got one
low, have you 2" smiled the clerk
Yes and it's in the right place"
Why, where's that ?" "On my hired
nan" was the reply.
Early rising is to commence the day
Tith an act of self-denial which gives
he mind tone for the whole day. tire
Gems time for early prayer, thereby
educating the FIRST warm aspirations to
rod. before the dull. deadening, earth
1ard influences of the world have had
ime to impair the freshness of early
ceiling. Late rising is the prelude to
day in which everything seems to 20
'rong Frederick ". Robertson.
HATE Non. 1t is not worth while.
7our life is not long enough to make It
ay to cherish ill-Will or hard thoughts
,wards any one What if that nan
as cheated you. or that woman has
layed you false ? In few years it
ill make not the least difference to
ou, and the worry and anxiety ill-feel-
,g entails is surely worth discounting
, that extent
Alas what narrow creatures we are
fter all How distinctly we can see
lie "mote" in other eyes, SO impercep-
Bile 10 our own. How easily We can
sttle the question of duty for a tried,
'mpted, discouraged felloE-creature,
I'D what large margin we allow for
lr own weaknesses and follies. How
'ldOm do we reflect that, placed in the
lme circumstances, we might be even