Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-09-10
VARIETIES.

In tracing the shade we shall End
out the sun.
Expect nothing from him who prom
ses great deal.
While trifles make perfection, per-
is no trif1e.
1t is vanity to desire to live long and
1ot care to live we'll
A fool in costly attire is a paltry
book with gilt edges.
The milk of human kindness should
be condensed, not watered
Love is like honesty-much talked
about but little understood.
Mind and night will meet, though in
silence, like forbidden lovers.
Argument, however excellent. will
never cure the evil of the age.
There is no art whereby to find the
minds construction in the face.
Enjoy present pleasures in such a
way as not to injure future ones.
There are truths which are to be
proved only by faith and feeling.
The experience time brings is not
worth the illusions it takes away.
In delicate souls, love never presents
itself but under the veil of esteem.
He is the happiest, be he king or
peasant, who finds peace in his home.
A picture is an intermediate some
thing between a thought and thing.
Desperation will often suffice to fill
the post and do the work of courage.
A friend is a being that is willing to
bear with US in our faults and failings.
Wrong none by doing injuries, or
emitting the benefits that are your
duty.
There is but one Creator; all we can
do is to collect and combine his crea-
tions.
Give what you have. To some one
it may be better than you dare to
think.
The certain way to be cheated is to
fancy ones self more cunning than
others.
Flattery is a species of false coin
which only our vanity enables to pass
current.
Borrowed thoughts, like borrowed
money, only show the poverty of the
borrower.
The key of fate is in our own hands;
we often unlock it and then throw the
key away.
The defects of an honest man are
more readily discovered than the vices
of a rascal
The more our gifts and graces are
exercised, the more they are strength
ened and increased.
Unkind language is sure to produce
the fruits of unkindness-suff in
the bosom of others.
1t is not enough to remember the
poor. Give them something to make
them remember you.
The only way for rich man to live
healthy is to exercise abstinence-to
live as if he were poor.
Ladies of fashion starve their happi-
ness to feed their vanity, and their
lOye tO faed tbair pride
In the world of letters, the spoiled
children of the present are rarely the
great men of the future
AS malarial air may endanger good
| constitution, so bad companions en-
| danger a good character.
He that will not look before him
will have to look behind him-and
probably with some regret.
When a man has no desire but to
speak plain truth he may say great
deal in very narrow space.
| Doctrines are of use only as they are
practiced; men may go to perdition
with their heads full of truth.
One act of benefcence, or an act OF
real usefulness is worth all the alb.
stract sentiment in the world.
Age is not all decay; it is the ripen
ing, the swelling of fresh life within,
that withers and bursts the husks
In families we'll ordered, there is al
ways one firm, sweet temper, which
controls, without seeming to dictate.
Can you tell me what smile isg
asked q gentleman of a little girl.
Eyes, sir, it is the whisper of laugh y
Reflection is flower of the mind,
giving out wholesome fragrance; rev
erie is the same flower when running
to seed.
Saints are not an eminent sort oi
Christians, but all Christians are saints
and he who is not a saint is not &
Christian.
There are houses where people are