The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-01-15
TwELVE GOLDEN MAxIMS.
Various Good Advice by bishop
Hall as 90 Conversation. Diet.
Dress, the Use of Adversely and
Other Matters.
lon DRESS.

OGmeF Matters.
lon DRESS.
In thy apparel avoid profuseness
singularity and gaudiness. let it be de
cent, and suited to the quality of thy
place and purse. Too much punctuali
ty and too much moroisity are the ex.
tremes of pride. Be neither too early
IN the fashion, not too long out of it, MOI
too precisely in it. What custom hath
civilized hath become decent; until ther
1t was ridiculous Where the eve is The
jury, the apparel is the evidence, the
body is the shell of the soul apparel is
the husk of that shell, and the
husk will often tell you what the ker
mel is. Seldom does solid wisdom dwell
under the fantastic apparel; neither will
the pantaloon fancy be Injured within the
walls of grave habits. The fool is known
by his pied coat
2-oN CONVERSATION.
Clothe not thy language either will
obscurity or affectaton; in the one thor
discoverest too much darkness; and il
Che other too much iightness he tbs
speaks from the understanding to the
understanding doth best. Know wher
to speak, lest, while thou saowest wis
dom in not speaking, thou betray thy
folly in too long silence. If thou art q
fool, thy silence is wisdom; but if thou
art wise, thy long silence is folly. AS
too many words from fools mouth give
one that is wise no room to speak, 50 too
long silence in one that is wise gives a
fool opportunity of speaking, and makes
thee IN some measure guilty of his folly
( To conclude, if thou be not wise enough
to speak, be at least SO wise as to hold
thy peace.
Bon BEARING ADVERSELY.
Hath fortune dealt thee i'll cards, let
wisdom make thee a good gamester. In
a fair gale every fool may sail; but wise
behavior in a storm commends the wis
dom of a pilot To bear adversely with
an equal mind is both sign and glory of
a brave spirit. As there is no worldly
gain without some loss, so there is no
worldly loss without some gain. If thou
hast lost thy wealth, thou hast lost some
trouble with it; If thou art degraded Of
thy honor, thou art likewise freed from
the stroke of envy; if sickness hath
blurred thy beauty, it hath delivered
thee from pride Set the allowance
against the loss and thou shalt find no
great loss. He loseth little or nothing
who keepeth the favor of his God,
and the peace and freedom of his con-
science.
4.-oN ANGER.
Beware of him that is slow to anger.
! Anger, when it is long in coming, is the
stronger, when it comes and the longer
/ kept. Abused patience turns to fury.
When fancy is the ground of passion,
that understanding which composes the
fancy qualities the passion; but when
/ judgment is the ground, the memory is
/ the recorder and this passion is long re
tanned.
Don SECRET ENEMIES.
He that profesaes himself thy open
enemy arms thee against the evil he
means thee; but he that dissembIes him
self thy friend when he is thy secret en-
envy, strikes beyond caution and wounds
above cure. From the first thou mayest
deliver thyself, from the last good Lord
deliver thee.
C4N Law AMI SlCs
If thou study law and physic endeavor
to know both and to need neither. Ten
perate diet, moderate and reasonable
labor, rest and recreation with Gods
blessing, will save thee from thy physi-
clan; a peaceful disposition, prudent
and just behavior, will secure thee from
the law. Yet if necessity absolutely
compel, thou mayest use both; they that
use either otherwise than for necessity
soon abuse themselves into weak bodies
and light purses.
7.-oN INCONSISTENCY.
Be not unstable in thy resolutions,
nor various in thy actions, nor inconstant
in thy affections. So deliberate that
thou mayest PERFORM 80 perform that
thou mayest preserve. Mutability is
the badge OF infirmity.
8.-CHARITY ALLEGoRIzED.
Charity is naked child giving honey
to bee without wings. Naked, because
excuseless and simple; a child, because
tender and growing; giving honey, be-
cause pleasant and comfortable; to a bee,
because bee is industrious and deserv
ing; without wing, because wanting and
helpless. If thou denest to such thou
killest bee; if thou givest to other than
such thou preservest "a drone.
9.-oN DIET AND REGIMEN.
If thou desrest to take the best advan-
tage of myself, especially in matters
where the fancy is most employed, keep
temperate diet, use moderate exercise,
observe seasonable and set hours for rest,
and let the end of thy first sleep raise
thee from thy repose; then hath thy
body the best temper; thy soul the least
Incumbrance; then no noise shall dis
turb thine ear; no object shall divert
thine eye; then if ever shall the spright
ly fancy transport thee beyond the com
mon pitch, and and show the majorim
of high invention.
10.--HOw TO USE PROPERTY.
So use property that adversely may
not abuse thee. If in prosperity thy Sc
curity admits no fear, in adversely thy
despair will afford no hope; he that in
prosperity can foretell danger can in
adversely foresee deliverance.
lion BELIEVING AND COMMUNICATING
NEWS.
Let the greatest part of the news thou
nearest be the least part of what thou be
lievest, lest the greatest part of what
thou believest be the least part of what
is true; and report nothing for truth, in
earnest or in jest, unless thou know it,
or at least confidently believe it to be
SO, neither is it expedient at all times or
in al companies to report what thou
knowest to be true; sometimes it may
avail thee if thou seem not to know that