The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-12-30
ThOnghtfnl Thoughts.

its objects.
Celebrity sells drarly what W.
think she gives.
A fan is indispensable to woman
who can no longer blush.
Reason and judgment act slowly
but imagination takes fire.
To be loved less is, for delicate
heart, to be no longer loyed.
A long solitude will always beget
talent, a vice, or mania.
Hate is barren while kindness has
branches, fruits and flowers.
The power of duly approaching lit
tie things belongs to great mind.
Justice without strength, and
strength without justice, are fearful
misfortunes.
As too long retirement weakenS the
mind, so to much company dissi-
pates it.
Faith keeps up the cross, love binds
it to the soul, patience bears it to the
end.
They that would not eat of forbid
den fruit must not come near the for
hidden tree.
Theologians resemble dogs which
knaw large bones for the sake of a
very little meat.
Happiness is bird which is always
near us, but which we can never take
by the wings.
The true gentleman needs no pla-
card to announce his breeding, the i'll
bred man still less.
When one hope leaves us all the
other hopes move closer together to
fill up the vacant place.
Loye of truth shows itself IN dis
covering and approaching what is
good, wherever it may exist.
All the men who have done things
well in life have been remarkable for
decision of character.
If good resolutions were only &C.
complished certainties as soon as
made, how different life would be.
Selfishnes5 is not conscious of itself.
It is like a deaf man who cannot hear
the sound of his own voice.
Temperance is a reasons girdle and
PASSIONS bride, the strength of the
soul and the foundation eff virtue.
Men judge us by the success Of our
effort God looks to the efforts them
selves, taking the will for the deed.
Don't forget the importance Of prac-
ticing at home. the love patience,
and discipline that you preach
abroad.
Take the world oyer, perhaps all
classes of people are despising others
quite as much as they are despised
themselves.
To things which you bear with inn
patience, you should accust0m your
self, and, by habit, you will bear
them well.
We can no more scOld people into
loving us than nature could make
buds blossom by daily nipping them
with frost.
Retrospective jealousies are like
imaginary maladies. They are the
most distressing because they cannot
be CURED.
Before you scold, be sure you are
right yourself. He that attempts to
cleanse a blot with blotted fingers
makes greater blur.
The ideas and the sententiments of
a woman always disagree, like pas
sers-by in the street, who go and come
in opposite directions.
There are variety of little cir.
cumstances in life which, like pins
in WOman's dress, are necessary for
keeping it together and giving it
neatness and elegance.
EMISSIONS are the common shelter
of the hard-hearted, the false and i'm.
pOrtent, when called on to assist the
real great alone plan instantaneous
help, even when their looks or words
presage difficulties.
Ifany one entrust you with a secret
keep it faithfully. Secrets, at best,
are burdensome, but if for some wise
purpose you take the secrets of an
other into your keeping, prove true
to the tr~st that has been given you.
A generous man will place the
benefits he cOnfers beneath his feet,
those he receives nearest his heart.
A narrow minded man can never
possess real and true generosity he
can never go beyond mere benevo-
lenee.