The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1885-11-14
VOL. XXI.
SAYINGS.
Wise and Otherwise,
from the Chicago Ledger

STRANGERS to honors here are often
best known in heaven.
The first step that is made toward a
failure IS believing in one.
FAITH is necessary for all, but who
has got any of it to spare?
WE know Of the success of a friend
but not of his struggles to win it.
BRooDING on self is foolish; brood
ing ON self and wrongs is corrupting.
THE easiest way to outwit the world
is to let 1t believe that it is smarter than
you are.
none suspect others more Justly
than those whose own sincerity is coun-
terfeit
The man who feels certain that he is
Q grand failure, is in reality seldom
mistaken.
WE can all repeat the Lords PRAYER.
and vet how few of Us have ever
prayed it.
NhEi.i- pluck and perseverance go
hand N hand prosperity is found within
hailing distance.
ArorT as near to the spelling point as
aman can get and not mortlfy is to live
upon hls wlfe's reputation.
WHEN you hear young man affect
ing to depreclate his work you may be
sure that he is not worthy of it.
COOP advice may i'll some cases be of
more value than money, but we notice
that most people prefer the cash.
WE have before now thrown away
sure chance for a prospective one, only
to find that we had been too previous.
OFTEN it is not so much for the well
fare of others that We care as it is their
means of being useful to us.
We sometimes think at men of prin-
ciple are more truly respected by those
who are destitute of it than by those
who realize the worth of principle.
POVERTY is often a serious pull back
to aspiration, but is not crime; and so
long as not due, directly or Indirectly,
to folly, no one need be ashamed of it.
IT is not genius alone that corners
success. Those whose successes are
credited tc genius are in reality the
most indefatigable workers among men.
TRUE benevolence does a kindness
with the right hand in such manner
that the left hand remains completely
In the dark concerning the transaction.
We have observed other people a
great deal in this world, and if we do
not appear any the wiser for SO doing
we mean to die better posted any way.
A MAN whose religion is available
only upon great occasions is morally
but notch higher than the infidel, and
certainly not any more to be depended
upon.
NONE are perfect here on earth none
can be. Those we imagine perfect are
only those who are continually trying
to be so. Those of heaven alone are
perfect.
No IERsoN ever became wealthy by
now and then making a squirt. 1t is
the continual digging that heaps the
bar'l.
The best critics of other peoples ac-
tions, we have noticed, are usually those
who themselves have failed ingloriously
all around.
II is hard for poverty to make and
keep many friends, but there is one
satisfac ction-if the possession of true
friends is possible, poverty realizes that
possibility.
He that has much to do is certain in
his hurry to do something wrong
something for enemies to censure and
hinder by malevolence and friends often
by mistake.
We compare our present with our
former selves, and are either gratitied
at our Improvement, or, what is the first
move toward something better, discover
our defects.
IT is better to strive to obtain prin
ciple, even if you fail to retain it, than
never to strive for its possession, fear
ing to magnify your points of deficiency
In comparison.
EVEN charity has yet some things to
learn. e., it should never be ostenta
tious, but be brother or a sister, not a
mere benefactor of lofty species, to
the unfortunate. s
WE don't believe that the Creator
takes any more stock than decency re.
quires III people who are III for crown
for themselves whether anybody else
gets one or not.
Out OF Percentage.
"Oh. Mr.. Smith," said Young lady