The national leader., 1889-05-04
FOOD FOR THOUGHT:

charity toward the uncharitable.
No denunciation is so eloquent as the
final influence of good example.
The gratitude of most men is but q
secret desire of receiving greater bene-
fits.
Levity is often very foolish, and grav-
ity less wise, than either of them ap-
pears.
He that boasteth himself to know
everything is most ignorant; and he that
presumeth to know nothing is most
wise.
The book to read is not the one which
thinks for you, but the one which makes
you think.
Interested benefits are so common
that we need not be astonished if graft
tude be rare.
Opportunity is a beacon light by
which many are piloted into the harbor
of success.
He that pleases himself neither higher
nor lower than he ought to do, exercises
the truest humility.
There is no right which is enjoyed by
man, without involving, on his part, a
corresponding obligation.
Nothing can poison the contentment
of man who cheerfully lives by his
labor, but to make him rich.
True independence is to be found
where person contracts his desires
within the limits Of his fortune.
A man is already of consequence in
the world when it is known that we can
imnlicitly deDend uDOn him
If you apply to little-minded people
in the season of distress, their self-im-
portance instantly peeps forth.
Riches without charity are nothing
worth; they are blessings to him only
who makes them blessing to others.
Submission -courage-exertion when
practicable-the seem to be the weap-
Ons with which we must fight life's long
battle.
Every man feels himself stronger in
his relations with others if he is sur
rounded with consideration, esteem,
respect.
A great man is happiest when he can
sit down and write his memoirs and for
get all the mean things he knows about
himself.
AS the obtaining the love of valuable
men is the happiest end of this life, so
the next felicity is to get rid OF fools
and scoundrels.
A State, to prosper, must be built on
foundations of moral character; and
this character is the principal element
of its strength and the only guaranty
of it's permanence and prosperity.
Conversation warns the mind, ell
livens the imagination, and is contin-
ually starting fresh game that is imme-
diately pursued and taken, and which
would never have occurred in the duller
intercourse of epistolary correspond
ence.
A certain strain of nobility of charac-
ter is needed to enable one to see with
out envy the better fortune of his neigh
Dor, even though that neighbOr be also
his friend. 1t sounds absurd to declare
that success is not sinful in itself, but
it is a truth many never learn, or, if
they believe, never practice.
Courage is needed in daily life. A man
must have courage to follow the pole
star of principle in all things. 1t needs
brave spirit sometimes to call things
by their right names. We are not to
condone covetouSneSS by calling it fru-
gality, nor cowardice by calling it pru-
dence, nor wastefulness by calling it
goOdheartedneSS.
A life that is lived wholly for self is
disgusting deformity 1t is not so seen
by every one, but all spiritual minds are
acquainted with it, and in the eye of
God it is a blemish that exists il injuri-
Gus contrast to all His beautiful work.
He who makes the best of every thing
is sure to have the best all the time. No
matter what happens to him that will
be to him practically the best. He will
look upon it as such, and such it will be
in fact. Such man will at all times
be on good terms with Providence. The
bright side of life will be before his eye
with it's good cheer.
There is only one thing worse than
ignorance, and that is conceit. Or all
intractable fools, an over-wise man is
the worst. You may cause idiots to
philosophize, you may coax donkeys to
forego thistles, but don't ever think of
driving common sense into the head of
a conceited person.
Children, whether boys or girls, who
have learnt to regard their mother as a
friend will assuredly turn back to her
in the real troubles and difficulties of
after life, even if, as they are growing
up, they may for time adopt occupa-
tions and form friendships from which
she feels herself excluded.
Truth is naturally so acceptable to
man, so charming in herself, that to
make falsehood be received we are COM
PEELED to dress it up in the snow white
robes of truth-as, in passing base coin,
it must have the impress of the good
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