Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1863-02-11 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

ONE THOUSAND AND ONE PROVERBIAL AND OTHER PLATITUDES, ADOPTED, ADAPTED, AND INVENTED BY OUR OWN I'HILO. (Continued from—No. 673, of course.) 674. We are generally more vain of any advantages of birth, beauty, or wealth, inherited from our ancestors, than of scholarship, respect or fame acquired by our own endeavours. 675. h is asserted that the first apple was eaten by the first polls (P pear.) These were the fruits of disobedience, 676. Cleverness causes a work to live; genius prevents it from dying. 677. The happiness of a feeling heart increases in the same ratio as it contributes to diminish the misery of others. 1170. Those who see happiness everywhere are genrally those who find it no-where. 670. Adversity, which makes us indulgent towards others, renders them severe towards us. 680. A thing that is no where can easily be made to appear new here. 681. The experience which does not make us better, inevitably renders us more guilty. 682. The effect of love upon the aged is like that of the sun upon the snows; it dazzles more than it warms them. _ _  643. The origin of a parenu is forgotten if he remembers it, but remembered if be forgets it. 68.4.. The only things of which the miser is prodigal, are reasons for economy. 685. Donbt is the progeny of the mind; faith is born of the soul.  686. &besets have better reasons for fearing God than for believing in Him, 687. Conscience is very useful to us, especially in judging the actions of others. 688. For preserving the body there is no remedy like that of being heartless. 689. I admire an author who makes his love his v•ooks, but prefer one who malted us love hem through bill books. 690. A beefsteak is said to be a stay for the stomach ; if so, two beefsteaks must be a pair of stays. 691. If you wish to discover all the faults your friend has (and a good many he has not) try and get up a testimonial for him. 692. To feign a virtue, is to have the vice opposed to  it. 693. We generally prefer the enemy who ceases to injure us, to the friend who ceases to oblige us. 691. The perversity of the human heart banishes faith because for the good, to believe is to hope; whereas, for the wicked, to believe would be to fear. 695. The patriot lives in order to serve his country, whereas the place-hunter serves it in order to live. 696. A discussion class lately debated as to which expression was correct "to dine on a piece of roast beef," Sr "to dine edr a piece of roast beef." It was decided that they were both wrong, as she person who dined ors it would probably fall 4r, whilst he who dined vif it, didn't dine at all, being too far vll: 69'7. The first love which enters the heart is the last which leaves the memory. 098. During a man's life he changes all his opinions, except the good one he has of himself. 699. Our virtues exist at the expense of our annuities, but our vies swallow up our capital. 700. The poor, to whom we give a little, regrets us more sincerely than the rich heir to whom we leave everything. 701. Between the good lawyers who win the bad causes, and the bad lawyers who lose the good causes, poor justice, between two stools, falls to the ground. 702. Atheism is the suicide of the soul. 703. Many people gain a reputation for virtue, by the vices which they attribute to others. 704, We are far less proud of the gnat people we know, than of those whom we pretend to know. 705. Vessels at sea are great gamblers; they are always playing at pitch and toss. 706. Time does not long respect work done without his prolonged assistance.  J. Comm, Swansea. (To be lamm(d.)