The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-07-22
GEMS OF THOUGHT.
WRINKLES are the tomb of love.

LISTEN to conscience more than to in
tellect
MORE important than the thing you
do may be the discipline of the doing
THE things which we enjoy are pass
ing, and We are passing who enjoy them.
THE greatest sources of happiness and
usefulness are open to rich and poor
alike.
BoDmY labor alleyiates the pain of the
mind? whence arises the happiness of
the poor
TEARrATIoNs come to us from our own
bosom mainly. That is the great maga-
zine of temptations.
HAVE seldom known any one who
deserted truth in trifies that could be
trusted In matters of Importance.
DoUBT always sees huge obstacles in
the way of accomplishing anything
nay, the doubt itself is the obstacle.
TIE highest elements of character, of
power and of dignity lie within the
reach of the lowest and the poorest.
ONE of the most effectual ways of
pleasing and of making ones self loved
Is to be cheerful; Joy softens more hearts
than tears.
LIFE is a casket, not precious in it
self, but valuable in proportion to what
fortune, or industry, or virtue has placed
within it.
HOPE is mans birthright, which, after
all his Establishments, delusions and
mockeries, never maketh him ashamed
to hope on, hope ever.
AFTER we hive learned to give willing
ly when asked, we will next learn 10
give as largely without the asking
Central Baptist
ONLY the waters IN the ship can sink
the ship; but while kept outside, all the
heaying deep waters laundering over
three-ffths of the globe can work no
shipwreck.
The last, best fruit, which comes late
to perfection, even in the kindliest soul,
Is tenderness toward the hard, forbear-
ance toward the unfortunate, warmth
of heart toward the misanthropic.
ooH, THOU tomorrow Mystery
Oh. day that ever runs beforef
nat has thy hidden hand in store
For mine, tomorrow, and for me2
Oh thou tomorrow what hast thou
In store 10 make me bear thee now?'
The images with which the minds
( holds converse may uplift or degrade as
truly as companions IN bodily form. A
+ thought may scar the soul as a weapon
leaves its mark on the hesh.-NdtlOnaE
/ Baptist
He WHO hates an enemy, gives him
more reason for animosity; he who
shuns him, creates the suspicion that he
/ hates him; he who forgives him, always
! triumphs over him; he who loves him,
makes him a means of good
1 BELIEVE that virtue shows quite as
well in rags and patches as she does In
purple and fine linen. [ believe that
She and every beautiful object in exter-
nal nature, claims some sympathy in
the breast of the poorest man who
breaks his scanty loaf of daily bread
/ Dickens
The best part of ones life is the per-
formance of ones daily duties. All
higher motives, ideals, conceptions, SEN
timents, in a man are of no account if
they do not come down and strengthen
him for the better discharge of the
duties which devolve upon him in the
ordinary affairs of life.
HAPPINESS Is like mama. It is to be
gathered In the grains and enjoyed
every day; it viii not keep; it can not
be accumulated; nor need we go out Of
ourselves nor into remote places to
gather it, since it has rained down from
heaven, at our doors, or rather within
them
How strongly a man loves is not to be
measured by the fame of the impulse
q that he has at any hour or at any mo-
ment IT Is what he is willing to do and
to suffer for another that measures how
much he loves. The mere outgushing
of emotion is one test, but an unfit one.
The living ones life-not the laying it
down, but the using it for the object
loved-is the highest test possible.