Year: 1864

IB1 ID. PhENIlCk.I


The lighthouse, shining from an ocean
cliff, gives light to fewer thousands of wan
derers than the feeble midnight lamp over
which mighty intellect pursues its re-
searches.


Great battles bring rain. Nature throws
cold water on the wars of earth, and washes
the bloody stains from her bosom.


Hamlet speaks pathetically Of the "slings
and arrows of outrageous fortune" but many
fellow would willingly take the "arr0ws"
for the sake of the "slings."
II is unfortunate for country when its
men of principle are not its principal men.


He who never pays for his whisky, has al
ways due upon his rye.


We don't know whether the deluge came
on Monday or not. But it seems to be about
time for another washing day.


'Tis little trouble to brew beer, but beer
brews much trouble.


A New York barber recommends "to old
men preparations for their hair." They had
better be making preparations for wigs.


Life is lottery; but he who draws many
corks won't be likely to draw much else.


The grocer who is dishonest in the use OF
his scales lies in weight to deceive.


He that swims the sea of life with bladders
cannot stand the first prick of adverse for



tune.


Some preachers accomplish less by thun-
dering in the ears Of men than by whisper
ing in the cars Of women.


While those we love are living we converse
with them through the flowers, when dead,
through the stars.


Soldiers don't win laurel-leayes by leaves
OF absence.


Rain contributes vastly to the wealth OF
mankind. A fine shower in dry weather will
always "down with the dust"


Pin not your faith upon lady's sleeve ex-
cept while it is around your neck.


The trout is said to be keen-sighted fish;
the fact is he wears specs.


Those clergymen who do great deal oi
preaching do some prating.


Beautiful coquets who set all hearts on fire
are the most dangerous Of incendiaries. And
they often kindle the flames not only with
out match but without the least thought OF
match.


A man who has addressed stranger by
mistake apologies by saying was mis-
taken in the person." Many married
couple might make the same apology to each
other.


The man who relies upon his own thought
for success, SkUlks himself along the stream
of life.


Responsibility is very well for folks who
can have it for ready money; but to be obli-
ged to run in debt for tits enough to break
the heart Of an angel.


Patience is the strongest OF strong drinks,
for it kills the giant Despair.


Fortunes made in no time are like shirts
made in no time-it's ten to one If they hang
long together.


Yes and no are, for good or evil, the giants
OF life.


The weakest part of the crocodile is his
stomach. Man is crocodile.


People sometimes speak Of baby as If it
were sort of medal bestowed BY fate upon
q man for early hours and good conduct.


Happiness grows at our own fresides, and
is not to be picked in strangers gardens.


There is no coat Of mail, no magic in the
woof of the earl's velvet, against the malady
slumbering under the fustian jacket.


The present, like note in music, is moth
ing but as it appertains to what is past and
what is to come.


The happleft of pillows is not that which
Love first presses it is that which Death has
frowned on and passed over.


We cannot conquer fate and necessity, yet
we can yield to them in such manner as to
be greater than if we could.


II life, like the olive, is bitter fruit, grasp
both with the press, and they will afford the
sweetest oil.


Pleasures Of exceeding favor, like pine
apples, have the misfortune, that, like pine
apples, they make the gums bleed.


We ought not to reflect upon the pleasures
of life any more than upon the beauties Of a
good poem. We enjoy both better without
counting or dissecting them.