The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-03-08
LACONICS.
dresses give no warmth.

BoRRowKD dresses give no warmth.
oNustIos Of good is a commission OF evil.
IT is absurd to be serious about triaing
matters.
ROMANTIC DEATH.-A young lady drowned
In tears.
He that lends to all shows goodwill, but
little sense.
The memory should be a ~storehouse. not
. lumber-room.
vEAr few nave sense enough to desp.sa
the praise of q fool.
Coon nature, liz the bee, collects honey
from every herb.
BLACK swans and wise lovers are grca.
r~arities in the world. q,
FANCY runs most furiously when a guilty
conscience drives it.
IT Is only those that have done nothing.
who fancy they can do everything.
No man has q right to do as he Pleas 8.
except when he pleases to do right
IT is with love as with apparitions. Every
one talks Of it, but few have ever seen it.
You may gather a rich harvest of knowl.
edge by reading; but thought is the win
moving machine.
KEEP the horrors at arms length. Never
turn a blessing round to see whether it has .
dark side to it.
The great master of even a single instru-
mentiof music is indeed a wizard. He chains
us in the slavery of delight, and is only ia
despot that rules over willing captives.
Our customs and habits are like the rut>
in roads. The wheels OF life .ttle into
them and we jog along through tue mire.
because it is too much trouble TO get ont of
them.
AT midnight the blue sky bends over ns,
dewy and soft, and raaiant with imIum, r Fable
stars, like the inverted bell of some prrat
blue flower, %sprinkled with golden dust and
breathing fragrant.
Their is nothing" said Plato, $50 d.
l gltfu! as the hea ! u or sp ali X Of tfatd.
Fpr this reason. there is no COM ,rsnt, IN 70
agreeable Us that of the man of iu'e49i'y.
who hears without any intention f" Ia Il A..
aud speaks without any intention t. d ,1-.,t.
ADVICE il of nsive, not beg.Lhs IL / " rs
pen TO unexpected regret, or COINi,i, u-u
any fault which has escaped Urr uut4r,. To-
becauseit slows thRtlwe are * own T. oh
as well as ourselves: aud the ofie,uns ,u,..
tor is persecuts d with hatred, I.DI ht,n 90
accusation is false, but because lie ,--,,Ii..
the superiority which we are not ill az
grant him, and has dared to deisli Wat V.
desire to conceal.
OuR OTHER SEL,Es.-T influence OF con.
slant conpaI iouship over character is i'm
mense. live have Il denr friend. that friend
unRyoidably exercises n certain power over
our thoughts and actions. Yet there is m in
timacy more close. constant, and powerfulin
its effects than that of an acquaintance or
friend, however near or dear. We are all
conscious at times Of a sortof dual ourselves,
we prove or condemn ourselves, we under
stand or mistake ourselves. The very words.
salt-acquaintance, self-love, self-respect, self
defence, self-control, all take for granted this
quality. WHO and what then is this boon
companion. this familiar friend, who is con-
vereaut with every secret of our souls, whom
We eau never deceive, and from whomwe can
never escape? The influence of all other asso-
ciates, however great, sinks into significance
bsfore the all-preyailing sway of what may be
described as SELF. hood-what many term
conscience.
Jolly" PEoPLE.-They may not amount
to so much, in some ways, as their graver
u-ighbOrs but they fill a useful place in the
world. Notwithstanding. The truly merry
inan knows.nothing of care. Life itself is a
joke TO him. What a happy disposition it
must h. that can thus bid defiance to all the
painful vicissitudes of the world, and smile
even al pain rs nothing but u -elief from the
monotony of a perpetual en-, . We envy
such people. And yet a const' t laugh can
not be SO enjoyable as one t-.,t comes occa-
sionally, well matured, and i'll all the luxuri-
nnce of a heartfelt appreciation of humor.
Too much off good thing is good fornoth-
ing" says the proyerb and why not too
much mental quietude? At any rate, il is
sell to console ourselves that if we are some
Times wrttched, it is only because that
". tcheduess enhances the requisite enjoy
"a ut OF those hilarious moments that follow
.iliT it. That's true philosophy!