WISE SAYINGS.

Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3844, 25 April 1881, Page 1

WISE SAYINGS.

He who makes a great fass about doing good will do very little ; he who wishes to be noticed when doing good trill not do it lon ft. Observation and experience combine to teach us how small a part of the incidents which chequer life can be foretold. Therefore it becomes the wise to enjoy with equanimity or to suffer with fortitude whatever happens. Vanity can exist only on a narrow basis; broaden the foundation, and it will fall to the ground. The greater a man is, the smaller he feels himself to be ; for he has in his mind a standard of excellence far above that which he actually reaches, ever progressing and reminding him of his own shortcomings. • Every just man is among the treasures of the community in which he lives. He constitutes one of the. columns on which society reposes. He imparts a feeling of strength and security. Those around him feel that property and reputation are both safe in his keeping; , In every way he contributes to the comfort, the brightness, the happiness ef human life. Although no human vision can penetrate the darkness of the future, yet there is such a thing so disciplining one's self as not to be extravagantly elated by . unexpected good fortune, or utterly prostrated by unlooked for misfortunes. Such discipline constitutes one of the principal and most essential elements of human character. It enables us in ail circumstances to persevere in the performance of the great duties of life. It becomes a source of almost boundless strength in carrying resolutely to completion! the difficult undertakings upon which we see fit to enter. It enables us to bear with comparative stoicism the trials and disappointments of life when they come upon us suddenly, and seem almost beyond endurance.

Some homes are full of. love and sunshine.for strangers, and all ugliness and gloom for the ones for whom they exi3t. To constitute a truly happy home, there should be pretty little personal adornments on the part of the wife; whereby she shows a desire to please her hu-band and to add to the general attractions of her home. A pleasant word on her part, when the-orer-worked man comes home, often eats away the raw edge of some trouble oa his miud, and draws out a corresponding desire to be both agreeable and respectful, which characteristics are always accompanied by affection. If cheerfulness and amiability are -not rudeness, roughness, and impatience will soon be followed by insolence* and when sweet temper give way to aoger and discord, the home circle is no longer attractive, and is almost certaiu to be shunned.