PROVERBS.
Promises are blossoms; deeds are fruit.
Life consists not in mere existence, but in the well-spending of out time.
Gold gives a ready passport at any gate except heaven’s.
Gaming is the child of avarice and father of despair.
To the wicked, the virtues of other men are always objects of terror.
To be angry with a weak man, is proof that you are not very strong yourself.
Economy, joined to industry and sobriety, is better outfit for business than a dowery.
A great many human beings dig their graves with their teeth – they over eat.
Patriotism contemplates the good of our country; but philanthropy the good of mankind.
What is more beautiful and poetical than the child’s idea of ice – “Water gone to sleep.”
The slanderer differs from the assassin in murdering the reputation instead of the body.
Plenty of warmth, plenty of substantial food, and ripe fruits, plenty of sleep, and plenty of joyous, out-door exercise, would save millions of children annually.