Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 December 1891 — Gems of Thought. [ARTICLE]

Gems of Thought.

Compassion will enro moi*e sins than condemnation.—Henry Ward Beecher. The necessity of circumstances proves friends and detects onemiea—Epietotus. Pedantry and tete are as inconsistent as gayety and melancholy.—Lavrter. There has never been a mean man and at the same time virtuous.—Jenfucius. Nature makes no vagabonds, tho world makes ns respectable.—Alexander Smith. To re content with what we possess is the greatest and most secure of riches. —Cicero. Of ail the paths which lead to a woman’s heart, pity is the straightest Beaumont. Defend ire from my friends; I can defend myself from my enemies.—Marshal Villat s If wo can still love those who have made us suffer we loro them all tho more. —-Mrs. Jameson Experience teaches that a weak memory Is generally joined to a weak judgment—Montaigno. The novel In its best form I regard as the-inoet powerful engine of civilization ever Invented.—Her chei.