Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 May 1886 — Alphabetic Axioms. [ARTICLE]

Alphabetic Axioms.

Avarice was grown when Adam was a baby: * . .' v - Beauty sometimes bears bitter frujt. Charity is not blind. Death calls without an invitation. Envy finds large - room in small souls Fashion is an unkind god. Generosity is ripe fruit ready to fall. Honor is born, not made. Impudence is the ladder whereon fools climb up to wise men. Justice doesn’t knep a dollar from a dime. Kindness is greater than good manners. Labor is capital’s capital. Mercy is the essential element of salvation. * ■ Novelty is the salt of living. Opportunity is greater than genius. Perfection is neither masculine nor feminine. Quietness is nature’s music. Reformation is not the work of a day. Sarcasm is a bee with a sting and no honey. " Temptation is no respecter of persons. Ugliness uncovereth a multitude of sins—in women. yice loves to dance in masquerade. Work is a necessary evil. Ntravagance conquers kingdoms. Youth plucks the flowers and leaves, the thorns for age. Zeal misdirected is a dangerous foe, —Merchajit Traveler.