The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-02-05
Words OF Wisdom.

The great man is he who does not lose
his child's heart.
No one is more profoundly sad than he
who laughs too much.
1t is fool who praises himself. and a
mailman who speaks ill of himself.
To be dumb for the remainder of life
Is better than to speak falsely.
A river is the most sensitive of thinos
1T runs away from even its own source.
Ill gotten gains are never worth the
price, and good conscience never costs
what it is worth.
All is hollow where the heart bears not
| part, and all 10 in peril where principle
is not the guide.
Nature has sown in man seeds of
knowledge, but they must be cultivated
| to produce fruit.
Clouds are the vail behind which the
face of day coquettishly hides itself, to
enchance its beauty.
| Secret kindnesses done to mankind are
as beautiful as secret injuries are detesta-
BILE. To be invisibly good is godlike.
as to be invisibly evil is diabolical.
There is not stream of trouble SO
deep and swift-running that we NAV not
cross safely ever if we have courage T..
steer and strength topull. l.
If man be gracious to strangers, it
shows he is citizen of the world, and
that his heart is no island cut off from
| other lands, but continent that Joins
them.
If man will let matters take their
course, he will live smoothly and quietly
enough; but if he will sift things to the
bottom, ne must account himself a man
of strife.
There is little pleasure in the world
that is true and sincere besides the pleas
ure OF doing our duty and doing good.
am sure no other is comparable to this
1SlZotson.
Plenty and indulgence depend upon the
opinion every one has of them; and
riches, no more than glory or health.
have no more beauty or pleasure than
their possessor is pleased to lend them.
What rare gift is that Of manners!
How difficult to define; how much more
difficult to impart! Better for man to
possess them than wealth, beauty or
talent; they will more than supply them
all.
To be comfortable and contented, be
sure to spend less than you earn. and
restrain your outgoes till they are less
than your incomes. This seems to b.
an act that very few persons have
learned.
Not the surf beaten rock, that lines the
shore OF the ocean, stands half so firmly
as the truth. It will live and flourish,
and will still be truth, when ali its op-
posers have persisted, and every rock
rolled from its bed.
If any speak ill of thee, flee home to
thine own conscience, and examine thine
heart; if thou be guilty, 1t is fair in
structlon; make use OF both, so shalt thou
distill honey out of gall, and out of an
open enemy secret friend.-Quurles.
TO be ambitious of true honor, of the
is the very principle and incentive Of viz
tue; but to be ambitious of titles, of
ceremonial respects and civil pageantry,
is as vain and little as the things are
which we court.
Money is good thing. The love of II
is the root ct all evil; but it is quite
possible to DE saving and yet generous;
to practice economy and to lay aside
share of ones earnings, and yet to use
money for good objects with g liberal
hand. 1t is to such habit that every
youth should train his mind.-Youths'
Companian.
It is into the minute circumstances of
mans conduct that we are to enquire
for his real character. In these he is
under the influence of his natural dis
position, and acts from himself; while in
his more open and important actioEsh
may be drawn by public opinion a
many other external motives, from tina
bias which his disposition would have
taken.