The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-06-07
FOOD FOR THOUGHT,

tions.-Burke.
Character is a perfectly educated will,
-NOCdlis.
We should be honorable, even to our
enemies.-F'dJriciuS.
No mortal can be esteemed happy till
the end of life.-lS0lOn.
He that does good for Gods sake seeks
neither praise nor reward, though sure
of both.
With clear eye and an upright
heart, resist every temptation and every
wrong.
Whatever beauty may be, it has for
Its basis order, and for its essence, unity.
Father Andre.
Japan is making rapid strides. The
streets of Toxic and Osaka are now
lighted with gas.
If the world did but know the worth
of good men, they would hedge them
about with pearls.
To tell is not sufficient; to show is of
greatadvantage; but to trainis the grand
secret of success.
A proper secrecy is the only mystery
of able men; mystery is the only secrecy
of weak and cunning ones.
Our thoughts are epochs in our lives;
all else is but a journal of the winds that
blow while we are here.
Men are guided less by conscience
than by glory, and yet the shortest way
to glory is to be guided by conscience.
That only can with propriety be
sty led refinement which, by strength
ening the intellect, purifies the man
ners.
The wise men of old have sent
most of their morality down the stream
of time in the light skiff OF apOthegm or
epigram.
Some goodness is like the glow worm
in this, that it shines most when no
eyes, except those of heaven are upon
it.-AnOn.
Human life is gloomy chamber, in
which the images of the other world
shine the brighter the deeper it is dar-
kened.
If the eagles head on one of those
confusing coins points to the left it's
quarter; if to the left, a twenty cent
piece.
There are few wild beasts more to be
dreaded than communicative man
with nothing to cOmmunicate.-N de
Bonald.
There are many who have eyes with
out to take notice of other peoples car
riage, but they have no eyes to look
within to themselves.
Whether religion be true or false it
must be necessarily granted to be the
only wise principle and safe hypothesis
for man to live and die by.
1t would be uncharitable too severely
to condemn for faults without taking
some thought of the sterling goodness
which mingles in and lessons them.
Russia has 17O, 900 wolves within its
boundaries, and they destroyed last
year not only an enormous quantity Of
cattle and poultry, but also two hundred
people.
Affections scOur us of our rust. Ad-
versity, like winter weather, is of use to
kill those vermin which the summer OF
prosperity is apt to produce and nourish.
-ArrdoSmith.
No true artist ever worked yet for
ambition. He does the thing that is in
him to do by force far stronger than
himself. The first fruits of mans ge-
MUS are always pure of greed.
If it is easier for you TO forgive your
enemy than to forgive yourself for
doing the same thing you condemn in
him, you may be pretty sure that you
are travelling toward the Promised
Land.
In general, it is not very difficult for
little minds to attain splendid situa-
tions. 1t is much more difficult for
great minds to attain the place to which
their mind fully entities them.-Bdron
de Grimm.
We may be sure Of finding that all
periods of life have their compehsations.
If our existence is jouyney we may
believe that the part ofit which lies
nearest to our destination will not be
barren of joy.
The pleasures of this world are de-
ceitful. They promise more than they
give. They trouble us in seeking them,
they do not satisfy us when possessing
them, and they makes us despair in
losing them.
The table of life is abundantly sup
piled. If we don't eat 80 fast, 1t will
taste the better; If we don't eat too
much, we shall be better nourished; if
we don't snatch, there will be enough
for all.-C. G. AmeS.
The theatre has often been at variance
with the pulpit; they ought not to quar-
rel. How much 1t is to be wished that
in both the celebration of nature and of
God were intrusted to none but men of
noble minds.-Goethe.
Gold is a wonderful clearer of theun
derstanding; 1t dissipates every doubt
and scruple in an instant; accommodates
itself to the meanest capacities; silences
the lond and clamorous and brings the
most obstinate and exible.-AddiSOa.
Both our mental and moral acquisi-
tions increase by their communication
to others; which gives an illustration Of
two truths--tlrst, that we are framed to
carry out the law of love; and second,
that the possessions which multiply In
the imparting are naturally the most
valuable.
The Chinese have custom well
worthy of imitation. They endeavor to
make each year of life bear It's own bur
densand complete Its own work. As the
old year goes out and the new one comes
In, every man makes special effort to
pay his debts, that he may once more
begin square with the world.
Of satres think as Epictetus did;
"If evil be said of thee, and 1t be true,
correct thyself; If 1t be lie, laugh at
it," BY dint of time and experience, |
have learned to be good post
20 through my appointed daily, stage,
and care not for the ours who bark at
me along the road.