The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-03-11
LAsHEs IN FRENCH LITERATURE,

4 DsArH is panacea for all evils. Mon
tdigle.
TO laugh is characteristic of man.
Rdbelais.
DEVOTION is the last love of woman
Saint E0remond.
MAN, tell you, is a vicious animal
Moiicre.
GOLD is the sovereign of sovereigns.
RirarOL
GRATITUDE is the memory of the heart.
-MasSien.
COP created women only to tame them.
-Voitaire.
COMMON sense is not common thing.
VaiaincOurt.
ANTIQUITY is the aristocracy of history.
Dumas, 2eye.
SUPERsTITIoN-a foolish fear of the
Deity.-La Brugiere.
THE breaking of heart leaves no
scars. - George Sand.
THERE are few things that we know
wel.- pduUenorgues.
THE cleverest of oil devils is opportun-
ity.- Vieidud.
EVERY philosopher is cousin to an
atheist. n de Masset.
MAN laughs and weeps at the same
things. -Montoigne.
A DELICATE thought is a flower of the
mind. -RoiIin.
LET us respect white hair-especially
our own.-Petit-Senn.
HEAVEN made virtue; man the appear
ance.- VOltaire.
The ruses of women multiply with
their years. -Lan1ennais.
WISDOM is to the soul what health is
to the body.-De Saint Real.
FORTUNE does not change men; it un-
masks them.-Hne. Necker.
JEALOUSY is the homage that inferior
ity pays to merit. Nine. de Puisi,,r.
He who knows his incapacity knows
acknowledgements dc Vatois.
We are never as happy nor as unhappy
as we fancy.-La Rochetoucduld.
WRINKLES distigure woman less than
Ill nature. -Dupuy
MEN are women's playthings; women
are the devils. Victor Hugo
He who tries toprove too much, proves
nothing.
GREAT vices like great virtues are ex-
ceptions In mankind.-Napoleon L.
GRIEF counts the seconds; happiness
forgets the hours. DE EInOd.
BETTER man with paradoxes than n
man with prejudices.-J H. Rousseau.
We like to give in the sunlight and to
receive in the dark Petit Sem.
MEN speak of what they know: women
of what pleases them.-J j. Rousscau
GoD created the coquette as soon as he
had made the fool. Victor Hugo.
WOMAN is the sweetest present that
God has given to man. uyord.
He who is never guilty of follis is not
SO wise as he imagines. Rochefou-
cauld.
WOMEN are too imaginative and sensi-
tive to have much logic.-Mme. du Del.
Jdud.
PROSPERITY unmasks the vices; adver-
sity reveals the virtues. -Diderot.
AN indiscreet man is like an unsealed
letter-every one can read it.-CHa,,,-
fort.
EXPERIENCE is the name men give to
their follies or their sorrows. "A. dc
MdsSet.
A REPUBLIC is not founded ON virtue
but on the ambition of its citizens
Voitdire.
WHEN one has good day in the year,
one is not wholly unfortunate Marquee
rite dc VdiOiS.
THERE are people so sensitive that
they afflict us with our own sorrows.-
&. Jordan.
THERE are no oaths that make SO many
perjurers as the vows of love.-Roche-
bruno.
He who has neither friend nor enemy
is without talents, powers, or energy
LdUdter.
STRONG thoughts are iron nails driven
in the mind that nothing can draw out.
-Diderot.
To discuss an opinion with fool is
like carrying lantern before a blind
man.-De CASTOR.
THERE are people who are almost in
love, almost famous, and almost happy.
-Mn1c de KrUdener.
WE shall all be perfectly virtuous
when there is no longer any flesh on our
bones. Marguerite dc VaioiS.