The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-01-22
WORLDLY WISDOM.
A Budget of Wise Sayings CuIIed
From the Earl of ChesterfeId's
Letters to His Son.

Next to doing the things that de-
serve to be written, there is nothing
that gets man more credit, and gives
him more pleasure, thar to write the
things that deserve to be read.
Greet talents are above the general
ity of the world, who neither possess
them themselves nor Judge of them
rightly in others; but all people are
judges of the lesser talents, such as
civility, affahiliSy snd an agreeable ad-
dress and marner.
The desire of pleasing is at least
half the arJ of doiog it.
When you have found ont the pre-
vailjng passion Of any man, remem-
ber not to ttnst him where that pas
sion is concerned.
A. man is fit for neither business nor
pleaslIre who either cannot or does
not command and direct his attention
to the present object, and Danish for
that time all other objects from his
thought.
1 really know nothing more Grim
ipal, more mean, more ridiculous than
lying. 1t is the production of either
malice, cowardice or vanity.
What 1 mean by low company
which should by all means be avoid
ed, is the company of those who, abb
solutely Insignificant in themselves,
think they are honored by being In
your company, who harter every vice
and every folly yon bave IN order TO
engage you to CONVERSE with chem.
If man has mind to be thought
wiser ard q woman handsomer than
they really are, their error is 8 COM
Portable Que to themselves, and an IN
nocent one with regard to other peo-
PIE; and would rather make them
my friends by indulging theoo in it,
than my enemies By endeayoring (and
that to No purpose) to undeceivs them.
I believe there is more Judgment re-
quired for proper conduct of our vir-
tues than for avoiding their opposite
vices.
A common topic of false wit and
cold raiilery is matrimony. pre-
sumo thst men and wives neither love
nor hate each other more, upon ac-
count of the form of matrimony that |
has been said over them.
The characteristic of q well-bred
nan is to converse with his interiors
ilsolence, and with his SUI
periorr with respect and ease.
Wrongs are often forgiven, but con-
tempt never is; orr pride remembers
It forever: it implies discovery of
which we are more careful
10 conceal than crimes.
A spruceness OF dress is very becom-
ng at your age; as the negligence of
{ implies an indifferenay about pleas
ng, which does not become a young
'ellow.
Give me but virtuous actions, and |
will rot quibble and chicane about the
motives.
Whoever is in hurry shows that
he thing he is about to do is too big
or him Haste and hurry are very
lifferent things.
Style is the dress Of thoughts
t is not very understanding that can
udge of matter, but every ear can and
Ices Judge more or less Of style.
! have known many o man vndone
" acquiring a ridiculous nickname.
If you viii please people, you must
,lease them in their own way; and,
5 you cannot make them what they
hould be, you must take them rs
hey are.
Modesty is the only sure bait when
oU angle Tor praise.
Use palliatives when you contradict.
] always treat scols and cOxooDbs :
18th great ceremony; frue good breed
lg not being a sufficient barrier
gainst them.
A wise man viii live at least as
luch within his wit as his incoEe.-
Worldly Wisdom.