Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-06-05

Do not make witticisms at the ex-
pense of others which you do not care
to have made upon yourself.
Words are spiritual forces, angels of
blessing or of cursing; unuttered, we
control them; uttered, they control US.
CHOICE EXCERPTS.
VENTURE not to the utmost bounds
of even lawful pleasure. The limits of
good and evil join.
REVIEWING the pleasurable incidents
of former days in calm and impartial
manner cannot be characterized as un-
profitable.
AVERSION from reproof is not wise.
| 1t is a mark of a little mind. a great
man can afford to lose; little, insight
cant fellow is afraid of being snuffed
out.
PLEASURE is a necessary reciprocal; {;
no one feels, who does not at the same
time give it. To be pleased, one must
please. What pleases you in others will
in general please them in you.
HE that to what he sees adds observa-
ton, and to what he reads reflection, is
in the right road to knowledge; provided
that, in scrutiniZing the hearts of others,
he neglects not his own.
THERE are those who prefer the Ian
guage of the mind to that of the soul.
They are very like those who are indif-
ferent to the sight of starry night, and
who run to an exhibition of fireworks.
ALL pleasure must be bought at the
price of pain. The difference between
false pleasure and true pleasure is put
thus: for the true, the price is paid be-
fore you enjoy it; for the false after you
enjoy it.
AN honest reputation is within the
reach of all men; they obtain it by So
cial virtues and by doing their duty.
This kind of reputation it is true, is
neither brilliant nor startling, but it is
the most useful for happiness.
IT is a noble and great thing to cover
the blemishes and excuse the failings Of
friend; to draw curtain before his
stains, and to display his perfections; to
| bury his weaknesses in silence, but to
proclaim his virtues upon the house top.
If WE traverse the world, it is posi-
BILE to find cities without walls, without
letters, without kings, without wealth,
without coin, without schools and thea
ters; but city without a temple, or that
practiceth not worship, prayer and the
like, no one ever saw.
THERE is but one way to tranquility
of mind and happiness; let this, there
fore, be always ready at hand with thee,
both when thou wakest in the morning,
and all the day long, and when thou
goest late to sleep, to account no exter-
nal things thine own, but to commit all
these to God.
IT is better, wiser and safer to live in
the present, letting the dead past bury
its dead, and leaving the future to take
care of itself; to live, not to vegetate, or
cling like limpet to its rock; to make
the most of friends and pleasures while
they are yet ours; so shall we have less
reason for remorse or regret when they
are no more.
MEMORY is either a blessing or a
curse; but in our little life, which seems
so long and important to us, it is gener-
ally both. The only thing is that here
we have the power of keeping it within
proper bounds by the exercise of that
Invaluable safeguard of will, or of de-
veloping it and encouraging it when the
doing so will be for good, and the re-
membranes thus evoked are likely to
be beneficial to US, which is sometimes
the case.
If man be of a patient and content
ed spirit, moderate in his desires, tenn
perate in his appetites, diligent and
faithful in his labors, affectionate and
generous in his disposition, calm and
elf-possessed, interested in good OBJ
jects for their own sake, and glad to aid
them by his own efforts, he possesses
more of the materials of happiness than
many one with double his external ad-
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which makes us happy, and happiness in
its turn, nourisheS life.
PEOPLE who fret and fume over ev-
cry petty grievance, who take harmless
jokes for insults, and are continually
groaning and worrying over fancied
wrongs or trifing disappolntments, are
great nuisances. There is but one cure
for them, and that is real calamity. 1t
is possible, on the other hand, to be
too good natured. Your very acquies-
cent "Oh, yes, certainlyp' sort of people
, often agree to much that it is their duty
to oppose. A temper that is neither
touchy enough to be disturbed by triv-
ial causes, nor so yielding as to be inca
pable of negation, is an unspeakable
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