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z. Nothing can be of greater fervice to a young man' who has any degree of understanding, than an intimate con-verfation with one of riper years, who is not only able to advife, but who knows the manner of advifing By this mean, youth can enjoy the benefit of the experience of age; and that, at a time of life when fuch experience will be of more fervice to a man, than when he has lived long, enough to acquire it of himself.

3. The kindneffes, which most men receive from others, are like traces drawn in the fand. The breath of every paffion fweeps them away, and they are remembered no more. But injuries are like inferiptions on monuments of brafs or pillars of marble, which endure, unimpaired, the revolutions of time.

4. View the groves in autumn, and observe the con-ftant fucceffion of falling leaves; in like manner the gene-rations of men filently drop from the ftage of life, and are blended with the duft from whence they sprang

5. Perfect happiness is not the growth of a terrestrial' foil; it buds in the gardens of the virtuous on earth, but blooms with unfading verdure only in the celestial regions.

6. He who would pafs the latter part of his life with honor and decency, must, when he is young, confider that he fhall one day be old; and remember, when he is old, that he has once been young.

7. He who governs his paffions does more than he who commands armies. Socrates, being one day offended with his fervant, faid, "I would beat you if I were not angry."

8. We too often judge of men by the fplendor, and not by the merit of their actions. Alexander demanded of a pirate whom he had taken, by what right he infefted the feas? By the fame right, replied he boldly, that you enflave the world. I am called a robber, because I have only one fmall veffel; but you are ftyled a conqueror, becaufe command great fleets and armies.

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9. Beauty, as the flowery bloffom, foon fades; but the divine excellencies of the mind, like the medicinal virtues of the plant, remain in it when all those charms are withered.

IO. There are two confiderations which always embitter the heart of an avaricious man: the one is a perpetual thirst after more riches; the other, the profpect of leaving what he hath already acquired. 11. There

II. There cannot be a more glorious object in creation, than a human being replete with benevolence, meditating in what manner he may render himself most acceptable to his Creator, by doing moft good to his creatures.

12. A man fhould never be afhamed to own he has been in the wrong; which is but faying, in other words, that he is wifer to day than he was yesterday.

13. Knowledge will not be acquired without pains and application. It is troublefome digging for deep, pure waters; but when once you come to the fpring, they rife up and meet you

14. The most unhappy effect of fashionable politenefs is, that it teaches us the art of difpenfing with virtues which it imitates. Let us be educated to cherish the. principles of benevolence and humanity, and we shall have politenefs enough, or fhall ftand in no need of it.

15. If we should not have that which is accompanied by the graces, we fhould have that which befpeaks the` honeft man, and the good citizen. We fhould stand in no need of having recourfe to the falfchood of appearances.

16. Man is the only being endowed with the power of laughter, and perhaps he is the only one who deferves to be laughed at.

17. It is the great privilege of poverty to be happy unenvied, to be healthful without phyfic, and fecure without a guard: to obtain from the bounty of nature, what the great and wealthy are compelled to procure by the help of artists, and the attendance of flatterers and fpies.

18. Prudence is a duty which we owe ourselves, and if we will be fo much our own enemies as to neglect it, we are not to wonder if the world is deficient in difcharging their duty to us; for when a man lays the foundation of his own ruin, others, too often, are apt to build upon it.

: 19. There are no principles but thofe of religion, to be depended on in cafes of real diftrefs; and thefe are able to encounter the worft emergencies, and to bear us up under alf the changes and chances to which our lives are fubject. 26. Riches without charity are worth nothing. They are a blefling only to him who makes them a blefling to others. The tongue of a viper is lefs hurtful than that of # Wanderer ; and the gilded fcales of a rattlefnake, lefs dreadful than the purfe of the oppreffor.

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As benevolence is the moft fociable of all the vir tues, fo it is of the largeft extent; for there is not any man, either fo great or fo little, but he is yet capable of giving and of receiving benefits.

23. When thou doft good, do it because it is good; not because men efteem it fo. When thou avoideft evil, flee from it because it is evil; not because men speak against it. Be-boneft for the love of honesty, and thou fhalt be uniformly fo. He, who doth it without principle, is wavering.

24. With rather to be reproved by the wife, than to be applauded by him who hath no understanding. When they tell thee of a fault, they fuppofe thou canft improve; the other, when he praiseth thee, thinketh thee like unto himself.

25. Set not thy judgment above that of all the earth; 'neither condemn as falfehood, what agreeth not with thine own apprehenfion. Who gave thee the power of determining for others? or who took from the world the right of choice?

26. How many things have been rejected, which now are received as truth; how many, now received as truths, will in their turn be defpifed? Of what then can man be certain?

27. An immoderate defire of riches is a poifon lodged in the foul. It contaminates and destroys every thing which was good in it. It is no fooner rooted there, than all virtue, all honefty, all natural affection, fly before the face of it

28. Drunkenness is but voluntary madnefs; it emboldens men to do all forts of mifchiefs; it both irritates wickednefs and difcovers it; it does not merely make men vicious, but it shows them to be fa.

29. Every man fhould mind his own bufinefs; for he,' who torments himself with other people's good or ill fortune, ill never be at reft.

30. To fet about acquiring the habit of meditation and ftudy late in life, is like getting into a go-cart with a grey beard, and learning to walk when we have loft the ufe of our legs. In general, the foundation of a happy old age must be laid in youth; and he, who has not cultivated his reafon young, will be utterly unable to improve it when old. 31. EndeavoK

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31. Endeavor to be firft in your profeffion, and let no one go before you in doing well. Neverthelefs, do not the merits of another; but improve your own talents. 32. Never reveal your fecrets to any, except it be as much their intereft to keep them, as it is yours they should be kept. Entruft only thyfelf, and thou canst not be betrayed.

33. Glory, like a fhadow, flieth him who purfueth it; but it followeth at the heels of him who would fly from it. If thou court it without merit, thou inalt never attain unto it; if thou deserve it, though thou hide thyself, it will never forfake thee.

34. Pursue that which is honorable, do that which is right; and the applaufe of thine own confcience will be more joy to thee, than the fhouts of millions, who know not that thou deferveft them.

35. Love labor. If you do not want it for food, you may for phyfic. The idle man is more perplexed to know what to do, than the induftrious in doing what he ought. There are few who know how to be idle and innocent. By doing nothing, we learn to do ill.

36. Honor thy father with thy whole heart, and forget not the forrows of thy mother. How canft thou recompense them the things which they have done for thee?

37. It is a mark of a depraved mind, to fneer at decrepit old age, or to ridicule any one who is deformed in his perfon or lacketh understanding. Who maketh one to differ from another?

38. The merciful man is merciful to his beast: and he, who takes pleasure in tormenting any of God's creatures, although ever fo inferior, ought to be banished from human fociety, and ranked among the brutes.

39. Admonifh thy friend; it may be he hath not done it; and if he hath, that he do it no more. Admonish thy friend; it may be he hath not faid it; or if he hath, that he fpeak it not again. Admonifh a friend; for many times it is a flander; and believe not every tale.

40. Be not forward in leading the converfation. This belongs to the oldeft perfons in company. Difplay your learning only on particular occafions. Never oppofe the opinion of another, but with great modefty.

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41. On all occafions, avoid speaking of yourself, if poffible. Nothing that we can fay ourselves will varnish our defects, or add luftre to our virtues; on the contrary, it will often make the former more visible, and the latter obfcure.

42. Without a friend, the world is but a wilderness. A man may have a thousand intimate acquaintances, and not a friend among them'all. If you have one friend, think yourself happy.

43. There is but one way of fortifying the foul against all gloomy prefages and terrors of the mind; and that is, by fecuring to ourselves the friendship and protection of that Being who difpofes of events, and governs futurity.

A HINT TO PARENTS.

IT is to be wifhed that parents would confider what a variety of circumftances, tend to render the evil reperts of their children, refpecting their teachers, falfe and exaggerated..

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They judge haftily, partially, imperfectly, and improperly, from the natural defects and weakness of their age. They, likewife, too often intentionally misrepresent things. They hate those who restrain them; they feel refeatment for correction; they love change; they love idleness, and the indulgencies of their home.

3. Like all human creatures, they are apt not to know when they are well, and to complain. Let parents then confider these things impartially, and be cautious of afperfing the character, and difturbing the happinefs of thofe who may probably deferve thanks rather than ill ufage; whoseoffice is at beft full of care and anxiety; and when it is interrupted by the injudicious interference or complaints of the parents, becomes intolerably burdenfome.

4. If a father fufpect his confidence to have been mifplaced, it is beft to withdraw it immediately, without alter cation and without reproaches. It would alfo be an excellent method of confulting their own peace, and the welfare of their other scholars, if masters made a rule to exclude from their schools the children of those parents who are unjustly difcontented..

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