Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-12-19

Love and discretion are sworn foes ::
the former is nearly always the cOnquerOr.
The best friend of true Christianity
is one who desires to do justice to all
men.
Time is a grateful friend; use it well,
and it never fails to make suitable re-
quital.
How many people would be dumb if
they were forbidden to flatter themselves
and slander Othersl
CHOICE EXCERPTS.
CONSIDER well who you are, what you
do, whence you came, and whittier
you go.
WHENEVER we vary from the highest
rules of right, Just so far do we an in
jury to the world.
"SHRoUDs have no pockets is a short
but pointed sermon to preach to those
whose religion is money.
He is sufficiently well learned who
knows how to do well, and has power
enough to refrain from evil.
IF you have conquered your inclina-
ton, rather than your inclination you,
there is something to rejoice at.
WHEN you are angry, remember that
you may be calm; and when you are
olr,o haf no
WE seldom find persons whom we ac-
knowledge to be possessed of good sense
except those who agree with us in opin
ion.
NOTHING more completely battles one
who is full of tricks and duplicity him
self than straightforward and simple in
tegrity in another.
THE people who feel burdened with
work, would probably feel yet more over
burdened with entire leisure were they
called upon to "enjoy" it.
IRis not good to cover up our eyes
from our mistakes and losses; the best
way is to look at them at their worst,
and then determine to avoid them in
the future.
FEEL want before you provide
againstit. You are more assured that it
is real want; and it is worth while to
feel it little in order to feel the relief
from it.
WHEN paths are constantly trodden
they are kept clean, but when abandon
ed the weeds choke them up; so weeds
choke the mind in the absence of en-
ployment.
MONEY is but the representative of
labor, and all labor demands time; there
fore he who wastes the time of others
by his tardiness is guilty of positive dis
honesty.
THE test of man is not whether he
can govern kingdom single-handed,
but whether his private life is tender
and beneficent, and his wife and chill
dren happy.
HE that to what he sees adds obserya-
tion, and to what he reads, reflection, is
in the right road to knowledge, provid-
ed that in scrutinizing the hearts of 9TH
ers he neglects not his own.
ONE of the greatest evils in the world
is that men praise more than practice
virtue. The praise of honest industry
is on every tongue; but it is very rare
that the worker is respected more than
| the drone
OLD men who get angry at the viva
city and sportiveness of youth might as
well find fault with the spring because
it produces nothing but blossoms, or ex-
pect the fruit of autumn at that early
season.
ALL men who have sense and feeling
are being continually helped; they are
taught by every person they meet, and
enriched by everything that falls in
their way. The greatest is he who has
been oftenest aided. Originality is the
observing eye.
IT is indeed at home that every man
must be known by those who would
make Just estimate either of his virtue
or felicity; for smiles and embroidery
are alike occasional, and the mind is
often dressed for show in painted honor
and fictitious benevolence.
COMMONPLACE people are content to
walk for life in the rut made by their
predecessors long after it has become so
deep that they cannot see to the right
or left This keeps them in ignorance
and darkness, but it saves them from
the trouble of thinking or acting for
themselves.