Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-02-29
GEMS OF AHD GAE ..


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He is happy who has conquered laziness
once and forever. a1r
Love, faith. patience-the three essen
| tials to happy life. re. .-.
Virtue is the greatest ornament, and
good sense the best equipage.
Without eontentment there is no wealth,
| with it there is no poverty.
| Half the failures in life may be attribu-
ted to the want of faith, patience and per-
severance #
| Minds Of only moderate calibre ordina-
rily condemn everything that is beyond
| their range.
Most of the evils of life are not the
things which happen, but things we fear
will happen.
An able man shows his spirit by gentle
words and resolute actions; he is neither
hot nor timid
To know how to listen is a great art; it is
to know how to gain instructions from
every one.
Hope is like the wing Of an angel, soar
ing up to heaven and bearing our prayers
to the throne of God.
'Too late" and "no more" are the
mournful sisters, children of sire whose
age they never console.
Order is the sanity of The mind, the
health of the bo1y, the peace Of the city,
the security of the state.
Absence destroys small passions and in
creases great ones, as wind blows out
tapers and kindles fires.
The noblest quality wherewith nature
has endowed woman, for the good of the
world, is maternal love.
Never reflect on a pas: action which was
done with a good motive and the best
judgment at the time.
No one can be happy without friend
and no one can know what friends he has
until he is unhappy.
Either the future or the past is written
| in every face, and makes us, if not melan-
choly, at least mild and gentle.
Cherish the tender buds OF piety, and
they will bloom with benevolence among
the flowers of spiritualized intellect.
Be easy of address and courteous in
conversation, and then erybody will
think it a pleasure to have dealings with
you. b."r
| AS continued health is vastly preferable
to the happiest recovery from sickness, so
is innocence superior to the truest repent
ance.
We are hanging UP pictures every day
about the chamber walls Of our hearts that
we shall have TO look at wien we sit in the
shadows.
The perfection of wisdom and the end of
true philosophy is to proportion our wants
to our possessions, our mbitions to our ca
pacities. -.t .. ...f
The most benevolent intentions, and the
most benefcent actions, often lose a great
part Of their merit if they are void of deli
cacy. as. q.
Temperance puts wood on the fire; -four
in the barrel, vigor in the body, intelli-
gence in the brain, and spirit in the com
position of man.
Being sometimes asunder heightens
friendship. The greater cause of the fire.
quent quarrels among relatives is their
being so much together. ira.
Thou askest me- what is hope2 1t is
leading and hattering star of mankind,
which is obscured and disappears W 18th the
last beating Of thy heart.
Sincerity is like travelling in a plain
beaten road, which commonly brings a
man sooner TO his journey s end than by
ways, in which men often lose themselves
There is as much greatness of mind in
the owning Of good turn as in the doing
of it, and we must no moro force requit-
tai out of season, than be wanting in it.
The chief source of human discomfort is
to be looked for, not in real, but in fcti-
tious wants not in the demands of nature,
but in the artificial craving Of desire.
You can train the eye TO all the bright
places in your life, and so slip over the
hard ones with surprising ease. You can
also train the eve TO rest on the gloomy
spots, in utter forgetfainess of all that is
bright and beautiful. ...i
Hope is prodigal young heir, and ex
perence is his banker but his drafts are
seldom bonored. since there is often a
heavy balance against him, because he
draws largely upon a small capital, is not
yet in possession, and if he were, WI uld
die.
The history Of the world teaches US no
lesson with more impressive solemnity
than this--that the only safe guard of a
great intellect il a pur heart that evil no
sooner takes possession OF the heart than
folly commences the conquest OF the
mind.
Flowers should deck the brow of the
, youthful BRIDE for they are in themselves
lovely type Of marriage. They shoald
Irvine around the tomb, for their perpet-
ually renewed beauty is symbol of the
resurrection. -
, Every man has, in his own life, follies
enough-in his own mind, troubles enough
in the performance of his duties, de-
fciencies enough-in his own fortune, evi 8
enough without being curious after the
: affairs Of others. 49, .sH.
Generosity is the wealthiest feeling Of the
heart. Feel as if you would 0id suffering
if you could, and you will have nearly all
I the self-satisfaction that you would have