The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-08-29
THOUGHTFUL SAYINGS.

THOUGHTFUL. SAYINGS.
Remorse is the last sigh of expiring virtue.
Heavenmade virtue; man, the appearance.
Complaint of present times is general of
all times.
Be sure of the effect before searching for
the cause.
The best instruction is to practice what
we teach.
The pleasure of doing good is the only
one that does not wear out.
Absence is a cosmetic that softens or
DISCUSSES the greatest defects.
When our vices leave us, we tlatter our
selves that we are leaving them.
Two-thrds of life are spent in hesitating
and the other third in repenting.
Life resembles a cup ofclear water which
becomes muddy as we drink it.
Patience, without energy, is nothing more
than respectable kind of lazincss.
Every one speaks well of his heart, but
no one dares to speak well of his mind.
Three things to painstakingly cultivate
good books, good friends and good humor.
Better thing than to get rid of burden
is to have strength given us to bear it.
Cordiality, good humor and mirthfulncss
is a trinity to be admired in any man or
woman.
The world is a picnic to which every one
takes his basket, to carry back whatever he
can grasp.
By the bridge which man selects does
he show the quality of his soul and the
value he puts on it.
The most delicate, the most sensible Of
all pleasures consists in promoting the plea
sures of others.
Lateness, loquacity and flippant jesting
are three crying evils everyone ought to
religiously avoid.
Example is the best teacher. Its silent
responsiveness reaches the heart by the
most direct route.
A great peril, safely passed, sheds on all
commoner hardships "A strange light of COM
fort and peace.
There is nothing that SO lifts up the heart
and soul of man as the consciousness of a
duty well performed.
Public discussion is an intellectual stamp
ing MILL where the worthless quartz is
crushed and the pure gold set free
Friendship is sturdy plant, asweet herb
and savory; but when it touches the purse
strings, somehow it shrivels.
Arbitration. how reasonable, how just,
how beautiful how full of bountiful
philanthropy for the whole human family.
The understanding of some men is clear,
that of others is brilliant The former
illumines its surroundings the latter OBJ
scures them.
A man need only correct himself with
the same rigor that he reprehends Others
and excuse others with the same indulgence
that he shows to himself.
The devil tempts men through their amb-
ton, their cupidty or their appetite, until
catches without any reward.
There is this difference between happi-
ness and wisdom, that he that thinks him
self the happiest really is so; but he that
thinks himself the wisest is generally the
greatest fool.
There is no knowledge for which so great
price is paid as "A knowledge of the world;
and no one ever became an adept in it
except at the expense of a hardened and
wounded heart
In the sandal trees are serpents; in the
waters. lotus flowers, but crocodiles also;
even virtues are marred by the visions; in
all enjoyments there is something which
ilnpairs our happiness.
Real merit of any kind can not be con-
cealed; it will be discovered, and nothing
Tan depreciate it but q mans showing it
himself. 1t may not always be rewarded
as it ought; but it will always be known.
Many who seem to be struggling with
adversely are happy, while some in the
midst of riches are miserable. This is the
case when the former bears the pressure with
consistency, and the latter employ their
wealth thoughtlessly.
A great man is soul that has out
grown the little limits of itself. 1t has
outlived the passions and prejudiees of its
own youth and of barbaric periods and has
become fully aware of the existence and
wants, the joys and tears, of the human
race.
Greatness is not the only condition of
usefulness or happiness; it is simply one
of the factors of society-a factor with
which the world finds success, without
which the world wandcrs about aimless
and lost, like group Of children without
father or mother.