The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-11-11
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.
Consider your ways.

A knowledge ofmankind Is necessary
to acquire prudence.
Choose those companions who admin
lister to your Improvement.
Don't think it degrading to work.
Only the fool thinks so.
There Is nothing 50 fatal to comfort
as we'll as to decorum, as Fuss.
1t is the best proof Of the virtues of
family circle to see a happy fros dc.
The Chinese say there Is well Of
wisdom at the root Of every gray hair.
In the great world there Is place
for every one, and we should be found
in OURS
Have one settled purpose In life, and
II 1t be honorable it will bring you re-
| ward.
There Is pleasure In effort, in excite
ment, In trying, though tho end be but
n dream.
l hardly know so true mark of a
little mind as tho servllo imitation of
others
Friction cleans the bark and rubs
down the knots. Don't be afraid Of
failure,
He who thinks every man rogue, is
very certain to sec ono when ho shayes
himself.
ilc icdCl VI IUHnuu SClCnCC,
Is the scientific recognition Of human
ignorance.
Books arc but white paper, unless
men spond III action the wisdom they
get from thought.
Mankind worship success, but think
too little Of the means by which 1t is
attained.
knowledge will always predominatc
over Ignorance, as man governs the
other animals.
Man believes that to be a lie which
contradicts tho testimony Of his own
ignorance.
We seek for riches, and do not find
them; we do not seek for death, but
alas he comes.
1 shall long to see the mlscries of
the world, since tho sight OF them Is
necessary to happiness.
Human life Is everywhere D. state In
which much Is to be enlared, and lit
tlo to he enjoyed.
BE not deceived with the first ap-
pcnranccs of things, but give thyself
time to be IN the right.
Wisdom Is solid and entire building,
Of which every pieoe keeps its place
and carries its mark.
Love, if you would be beloved; serve,
IL you would be served; and humble
yourself, 1t you would be exalted.
"The wicked workcth deceitful
work, but to him thut soweth right.
cousness shall be u sure reward"
We know what to do with our Joys,
but wo do not know what to do with
our SORROWS or with our hardships.
1t Is the 1rst little step that loses all.
After that tho road Is slippery, and we
IL PC IL ~ hnfn l.,,1
BE not too hasty to trust or to admire
the teachers Of morality; they discourse
like angels but they 1.-Two like men.
Whom we are alone we have our
thoughts to watch; in our families, our
temper; and in society, our tongues.
Truth is hid by great depths, and tho
way to 1T does not appear to all tho
world.
Conversational powers are suscepti-
bic of great improvement by assldnous
cultivation.
The friendships of youth ara founded
suit from opinion.
Flowers sweeton the sir, rejoice the
eye, link us with nature and innocence
and are something to love.
Woe to those who are engaged In tho
cannot trust their nearest accomplices,
Love mankind with all your souls.
and you will feel no difficulty In using
patience, forbearance and forgiveness.
Some people have softoning Of the
brain, but tho world suffers more from
those who have hardening OF the heart.
Tho flower Of civilization Is tho fin
ished man; the man of sense, OF accom-
plishment, OF social power-tho Gentlc-
man.
Certain thoughts are prayers. There
are moments whom, whatever be tho at
ttude of the body, the soul is on It's
knees.
Tho three most dinlcult things are,
first, to keep secret; second, to forget
an injury; and, third, to mako good
use of leisure.
Affections, like spring flowers, break
through the frozen ground at last, and
the heart, which seeks but for another
heart to mako 1t happy, will never
seek In VAN.
1t is very pleasant to see some men
turn round, pleasant as sudden rush
OF warm air in winter, or the flash of
firellght in tho Chill dusk; thcy shed
radiance on all around them.
All useless misery is certainly folly.
ana no thaC recis evils DefOre they come
may be dsservedly censured, yet sure
ly to dread the future is moro reasons
bic than to lament the past.
Mountains never shake hands. Their
roots may touch, they may keep.togeth-
or soma way up, but at length they
part company, and rise into individual,
isolated peaks. SO 1t Is with great men.
The beginning Of hardship is like
the first taste Of bitter food--it seems
for q moment unbearablc; yet, If there
Is nothing else to satisfy our hunger,
we take another bite and find 1t possible
to 60 on.
A great mind is like an elephant in
the ancient line Of battle--the best ally
II you can keep him In tho ranks, 'front.'
ing the right way; but If he turns
about he Ia the deadliest foe and treads
his master underneath his feet. q
In young, childish, ignorant natures
there ls constantly blind trust In some
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