1883 - Advice - Keep it to Yourself

You have trouble - your feelings are injured, your husband is unkind, your wife frets, your home is not pleasant, your friends do not treat yon fairly, and things in general do not move pleasantly. Well, what of it? Keep it to yourself. A smoldering fire can be found and extinguished; but when the coals are scattered, who can pick them up? Bury your sorrow. The place for sad and distrusting things are under ground. A cut finger is never benefitted by pulling off the plaster and exposing it to somebody's eye. Tie it up and let it alone. Charity covers a multitude of sins. Things thus covered are often covered without a scar, but once published and confided to meddling friends, there is no end to the trouble they may cause. Keep it to yourself. Troubles are transient and when a sorrow is healed and passed, what a comfort it is to say: "No one ever knew it until the trouble was all over."