Year: 1867

Beauties Of Don Quixoie.


A small volume, just published, en-
titled "Wit and Wisdom of Don Quix-
ote," is collection of the best things
said by the Knight of La MaDcha, OF
uttered by Cervantes in that wonderful
work. The Spanish language is very
rich in proverbs, and of the originals,
which make up the Spanish collection,
it is amazing how many of them are to
be found in these pages. We copy from
the volume in question a number of ex-
tracts, among which are some of the
most familiar proverbs of our language


Modesty well becomes beauty, and
excessive laughter proceeding from
slight cause is folly.


Keep your mouth shut, and your eyes
open.


The brave man carves uI1 his own
fortune.


The devil turks behind the cross.


There cannot be too much of good
thing.


A saint may suffer sometimes for a
sinner.


Many go out for wool and return
shorn.


Every man that is aggrieved is allowed
to defend himself by all laws, human
and divine. .t.'


Truth is the mother of history, the
rival of time, the depository of great
actions, witness of the past, example
and adviser of the present, and oracle
of future ages.


Evil to him that evil seeks.
He loves thee we'll who makes thee
weep. tEt. VI y


Shut one door and another will soon
open. ..--
Be brief in thy discourse, for what is
prolix cannot be pleasing.


Never stand begging for that which you
have power to take.


A snatch from behind bush is better
than the prayers of good men.


Customs come not altogether, neither
were they all invented at once.


One should not talk of halters in the
house of the hanged.


Would to God could find place to
serve as q private tomb for this weari-
some burden of life, which l bear so
much against my inclination. This
very spot will yield me what l ask, if /
can trust the solitary appearance OF
these mountains. Alas! how much
more agreeable is the company of these
rocks and thlckets, which give me op-
portunitics of complaining to Heaven,
than that of faithless man! since Ma
ture hath not created one of whom /
could reasonably expect advice and diff
ficalty, comfort in atiliction, or remedy
in Distress


o memory, thou mortal enemy of my
repOse! wherefore now recall to me the
incompatible beauty of that adored en-
einy of mine! Were itnot better, thou
cruel faculty! to represent to my imag-
ination her conduct at that period
that, moved by so fragrant an injury, l
may strive, if not to avenge it, at.least
to end this life of rainY


A sparrow in the hand is worth more
than bustard OH the wing
There is no jewel in the world so val
liable as chaste and virtuous woman.
The honor of woman consists in the
opinion of the world and since that of
your wife is eminently good, why should
YOU have it questioned Woman, my
friend, is an imperfect creature and,
instead of laying stumbling blocks in
her way we should clear the path be-
fore her, that she may readily attain
that virtue which is essential in her.


Naturalists inform us that the ermine
| is a little creature with extremely white
fur, and that when the hunters are in
pursuit of it, they spread with mire all
the passes leading to its haunts, to
which they then drive it, knowing that
il will submit to be taken rather than
defile itself. The virtuous and modest
woman is an ermine, and her character
whittier than snow /; and in order to pre-
serve it, very different method must
be taken from that which is used with
the ermine.


The reputation of woman may also
be compared to a mirror of crystal,
shining and bright, but liable to be sui
lied by every breath that comes near it.
The virtuous woman must be treated
like q relic-adored but not handled;
she should be guarded and priced, like a
fine flower garden, the beauty and fra
GRANGE of which the owner allows to en-
JOY only at distance, ard through iron
rails.


The common adage that delays are
dangerous acts as a spur upon the reso-
luton. s,..~ -....-.---


Fortune Turns faster than mill-wheel,
and those who were yesterday at top,
may find themselves at bottom to-day.


Fiction is always the better the near
er it resembles truth, and agreeable in
proportion to the probability it bears
and the doubtful credit which it in
spires. Wherefore, all such fables ought
to be suited to the understanding OF
those who read them, and written So
as that by softening impossibilities,
shooting what is rough, and keeping
the mind in suspense, they may surprise
agreeably perplex, and entertain, crea-
ting equal admiration and delight; and
, these can never be excited by authors
who forsake probability and imitation
in which the perfection of writing con.
sists
n Mountains produce learned men, and
philosophers are to be found within the
shepherds cot.


No padlocks, bolts, or bars, can secur,
; maidenso we'll as her own reserve.
Scruples of conscience afford NJ
3 lpeace..A . 2 = 44s > "-s4 = IA