YOUTH'*
Guide to Wisdom,
FRONTISPIECE.
Proverbs bear age, and they who
would do well may view themselves in
them as in a looking-glass.
1HF.
YOUTHS
GUIDE TO WISDOM,
CONTAINING
A CHOICE SELECTION
-.
OF
MAXIMS & MORALS
IGR THE
RISING GENERATION,
JLMBELLISIIED WITH NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS.
LONDON:
Printed and sold by R. HARRILD, No, 187",
Bermondsey-Street.
1807.
PRICK THREE PENCE.
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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
LOS ANGELES
GUIDE TO WISDOM.
Virtue the Guardian of Yototk.
Down the smooth stream of life the strip-
ling dans,
Gay as the morn; bright glows the vernal
sky,
Hope swells his sails, and Passion steers bis
course.
Sate slides his little hark al< -rig the shore,
Wh< re Virtue *;'kes her stand: but if too tar
lie launches forth beyond disctetioiVsmark,
Sudden the tempest scowls, the surges roar,
Blot his lair day, and plunge nim in the deep.
, inetid to
penury, hail !
Whose feeling bosom melts at
human woe;
Who, over human foibles throws a
veil,
.And makes the languid heart of
sorrow glow.
The charitable man gi
out at the door, and Gpd
put in at the windo\v.
He that hath pity on the
poor lendeth to the Lord ;
that which he hath given,
will he pay him again.
Virtue.
Reason's whole pleasure,, all the
joys of sense,
Lie in three words, health, peace,
and competence :
But health consists with temperance
alone ;
And peace, O virtue ! peace is all
thy own.
I hint,
He cannot go wrong
whom virtue guides.
Know, O youth ! that
one virtuous disposition of
soul is preferable to the
greatest natural accom-
plishments and abilities,
and of more value than all
the treasures in the world.
If thou art wise then, study
virtue, and let her be they
guide.
10
Stcurity against Vice.
Let the sweet ^*ork of pray'r and
praise,
Employ my youngest breath ;
Thus I'm prepar'd for longer days,
Or fit for early death.
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Security against Vice.
The devil turns his back
Avhen he finds the door
shut against him.
He that would avoid
the snares and allurements
of vice, let him early for-
tify his mind with pious
resolutions, as the only
security in the day of
temptation.
of
Wisdom by long experience ,
Great skill from live-long study
flows,
"Be learning then thy pride.
1/njjnttance of Learning
Learning is wealth to
the poor, an honour to 'the
rich, and a support and
comfort to old age.
To aqnire knowledge i$ ;
is one of the most material
duties of the young, and
in proportion as they at-
tend to instruction shall be
their usefulness in life.
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Service of God.
Then I will read and pray,
While I have life and breath,
Lest 1 should be cut off to-day,
And sent to t' eternal death.
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Service of God.
He who serves God hath
the best master in the
world.
My son, know thou the
God of thy fathers ; and
serve him with a perfect
heart, ad with a willing
mind. If thou seek him
he will be found of thee ;
but if thou forsake him, he
will cast thee off for ever.
Dishotiesfy.
'Tis a foolish self-deceiving
By such tricks to hope for gain :
AH that's ever got by thieving,
Turns to sorrow, shame, and pain,
17
Dishonesty.
Honesty is tbc best po-
Jicy.
Between robbing and
restoring men commonly
get thirty in the hundred.
If thou wouldst pros-
per in this world, and
avoid punishment in the
next, be upright and
honest in thy dealings
with mankind.
Hope.
Hope, like a cordial, innocent,
though strong,
Man's heart, at once, inspirits and
serenes.
Hope.
From fear proceedeth
misfortune ; but he that
hopeth, helpeth himself.
In all thy undertakings
let a reasonable assurance
animate thy endeavours;
4
if thou dispairest of suc-
cess thou shalt not suc-
ceed.
20
Duty to r art nis.
Let children that would fear the
Lord,
Hear what their teachers say ;
With rev'rence meet their parent's
word,
And with delight obey.
21
Duty to Patents.
Honour thy father with
tliy whole heart, and for-
get not the SOITOSVS of thy
mother ; ho\v canst thou
recompense them the things
that they have done for
thee.
Indoltncc.
For sluggards' brow the laurel never
grows,
Renown is not the child of indolent
repose.
23
Indoltnce.
He that does not rise
early never does a good
clay's work.
Tie that lies in bed all a
summer's morning, loses
the chief pleasure of the
day : he that gives up his
j r outh to indolence under-
goes a loss of the same
kind.
24
G latitude.
One act, that from a thankful heart
proceeds,
Excels ten thousand mercenary
deeds.
25
r latitude.
Wherever I find a great
deal of gratitude in a poor
man, I take it for granted
there would be as much
generosity if he were a
rich. man.
Away from fools I'll turn my eyes,
Nor with the scoffers go ;
I would be walking with the wise,
That wiser I may grow.
27
Evil. Company.
Tell me what company
you keep, and I will tell
you what you are.
Avoid the company of
the wicked, but when you
meet with a virtuous man
draw his picture.
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Passion.
Children, you should never
let,
Such angry passions rise;
Your little hands were never made
To tear each others eyes.
Passion.
When either side grows
M'arm in argument the
wisest man gives over S^L
Nothing is so inconsis-
tent with self-possession
as anger. It overpowers
reason confounds our ideas,
distorts the appearance,
and blackens the colour
of everv obiect.
30
Ear (i/ Rising.
Early to bed, and early to rise,
Makes a man healthy, weal thy, and
TV1SC.
31
Kiting.
The less a man sleeps,
the more he lives.
This maxim cannot be
too forcibly impressed on
the minds of youth ; as
diligence and a proper ap-
plication of time is one of
their most imperious duties.
FINIS.
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