Food For Thought

He who knows most, grieves most tor wasted lime. Small anJ great welcome make a merry feast. Fortune does not chango men; it only nnmasks them. Whilst you seek new friendships, cultívate the oíd. r An idle man is like stagnant water; Vip norruDts himself. Every man desires to livo long, but 10 man would be old. The milestone of to-morrow leads. to j the town of "never." True worth is summed up in the aithful discharge of duty. Avoid extravagant promises. State facts, and act up to them. Those whose courses are different can not lay plans for another. Detestation of the high is the involuntary homage of the low. The greater our dread for crosses ths more necessary they are for us. Part of an vindigested umbrella killed a cow of Middletown, Conn. A contemplative man can always employ himself in meditation. When a man is wrong, and won't dmit it, he always gets angry. Success leads to success. One poim gained will continue to accomplisñ. Joy, and temperance, and repose, slam the door on the doctor's nose. What matter if one has not gold in his pursc, is he has it in his heart. What sculpture is to a block of marble education is to the human soul. Hypocrisy is the cloak thatlittle souls wear to conceal their meanness. Never strike a horse that is puiling its best, even if the progress is slow. To select well among old things is ! most equal to inventing new ones. tv-ci-o nTint. V( n, oreater treachery than to raise a confidence and then deceive it. Save something of what you earn. Youth and strength are not always our privileges. Be not over hasty in making a bargain. Study first both the advantages and aisadvantages. Make vourself an honest man and you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world. We attract hearts by the qualities we display; we retain them by the qualities j we possess. The idle man travels so slowly that even poverty overtakes him at the first turn of the road. Reason from well-grounded precodents, and be not too confident of a preconceived opinión. It's enougli for a man to understanü tis own business, and not to interfere vvith other poople's. To endeavor to work upon the vulgar with fine senses is like attempting to hew blocks with a razor. Watch for opportunities of usefulness. Every day brings them, and once gone they are gone forever. Self-denial is the most exalted pleasure, and the conquest of evil habits is the most glorious triumph. la all true work there is something of di-vineness. Labor, wide as the earth, has its summit in heaven. A ealm, quiet, orderly demeanor accomplishes more than a blistcring tongue and an arrogant attitude. That kind of religión is likely to be most popular which does not seriously interiere with what you intend to do. Li Ce is not so short but that there is always time enough for courtesy. Selfcommand is the main elegance How inany people would be mute if they were forbidden to speak well of t'ieniselves and evil of others. Platonic love is like a march out in time of peaoe; there is much music and a good deal of dust, but no danger. A fooi in high station is like a man in a balloon- everybody appears little to him, and he appears little to everybody. It is easy enough to make sacrifices for those we love; but for our enemy we have to struggle and overeóme self. Life is a struggle from the eradle to the grave. He is the better prepared for it who eontinually considers it m this light. The mind profits by the wreek of every passion, and we may measure our road to wisdom by the sorrows we have undergone. . The son of an emir had red hair, oi which he was ashamed, and wished to dye it, but his father said, "Nay, my sön; better so live that fathers shall wish their sons had red hail-."