The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-05-10
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

Virtue deserves respect even in beg
gar's clothes.
Born, lived and died, sum up the great
epitome Of man.
Take things as they are, and make the
best Of them. That Is the only true and
practical philosophy.
They who respect themselves will DO
honored ; but they who do not care about
character will be despised.
There is this difference between char
acter and reputation; character Is what
one really Is, reputation is what he
seems to be.
Death is the only monastery; the tomb
is the only cell, and the grave that ad-
joins the convent is the bitterest mock
of its futilitY.
Jokeing IL a risky Dizziness; just for
the sake ov second klass joke menny
a man haz lost fust klass friend
Josh Billings.
There is pleasure enough In this life
to make us wish to live, and pain enough
to reconcile us to death when we can
live no longer.
Passionless characters are worthless
in good or in evil; their gentleness Is
inability to feel anger, their virtue in
ability to do wrong.
Hope is the best part of our riches.
What protiteth the wealth of the Indies
in our pockets, if we have not the hope
of heaven In our soul9
Mental pleasures never cloy. Unlike
those of the body, they are increased by
repetition, improved by reflection, and
strengthened by enjoyment.
There is no merit where there is no
trial ; and until experience stamps the
mark of strength, towards may pass for
heroes, faith for falsehood.
We should always be very careful on
whom we confer benefits; for if we be-
stow them on the base minded, 1t is
like throwing water into the sea.
What an exquisitely delicate precept
is that of the Hindoo law which says:
"Strike not, even with a blossom,
wife though she be guilty of a hundred
faults"
Shakespeare says we are creatures
that look before and after. The more
that we do not look around a
little and see what is passing under our
very eyes.
The rules of fashionable life drill the
character out of girls until they are as
much alike as pins in paper, and have
about as much sense and sentiment In
their heads.
Let 1t be impressed upon your mind
let it be instilled into your children
hat the liberty of the press is the pal
adium of all civil, political and re-
igious liberty.
The liberty of the press is a blessing
when we are inclined to write against
others, and calamity when we find our
selves overborne by the multitude of
)ur assailants.
If a million people were standing to-
gether, and each person occupied ex-
ictly four square feet of ground, they
would all occupy but little more than
square mile.
Laziness grows on people. 1t begins
IN cobwebs and ends in iron chains.
The more business man has the more
he is able to accomplish, for he learns
10 economize his time.
Lowell says of Carlyle, that "His
is so powerful that it makes
aim the contemporary of his characters,
md thus his history seems to be the
of cynical humorist."
True religion teaches us to reverence
what is under us, to recognize humility
md poverty, and, despite mockery and
lisgrace, wretchedness, suffering and
leath, as things divine Goethe.
Vanity is confounded donkey-very
pt to put his head between his legs,
nd chuck us over; but pride is fine
lOrse, that will carry us over ground,
nd enable US to distance our fellow
ravelers.
If you must form harsh judgments,
Orm them of yourself, not of others,
md, in general, begin by attending to
'our own deficiencies first. If every one
would sweepup his own walk, we should
lave very clean streets,
Virtue is service man owes to him
elf, and though there were no heaven
lor any God to rule the world, 1t were
lot less the binding law of life. 1t is
mans privilege to know the right and
ollow it.-Hindu Scriptures.
Many readers judge of the power ofa
,ook by the shock it gives their feelings,
IS some savage tribes determine the
)ower of their muskets by their recoil;
hat being considered best which fairly
the purchaser .-LonQelIOO.
Have the courage to give occasionally
hat which you can i'll afford to spare;
diving what you do not want nor value
leither brings nor deserves thanks In
eturn. Who is grateful for drink of
water from another's overlooking well,
However delicious the draughtH
heard of very old man like my
elf, who was asked what his age was;
le answered, "the right side of eighty"
Il thought you were more than eighty"
aid the inquirer. eyes, am beyond
IT," he replied, "aDd that is the right
ide, for am nearer to my eternal rest"
-R0Cldnd HUI.
Language Is properly the servant on
hought, but not unfrequently becomes
Is master. The conceptions Of a feeble
writer are greatly modified by his lyle,
man of vigorous powers makes his
tyle bend to his conceptions, fact
Of Dryden that rhyme has
ften helped him to an idea.
Begin the education Of the heart, not
With the cultivation of noble prOpensi-
tes, but with the cutting away of those
hat are evil. When once the noxious
erbs are withered and rooted out, then
he more noble plants, strong in them
elves, will shoot upwards. The vir-
ues, like the body become strong and
ealthy more by labor than by nourish-
We know not what we are, any more
han what we shall be. 1t ls a high,