West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-05-24
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

Gray hairs seem like the light of a
soft morn, silvering over the evening
of life.
There is German proverb which
says that Take-lt-E Easy and LiVe-Long
are brothers.
The best teacher of duties that still
lie dim 20 us Is the practice of those we
see and have at hand.
Adversely Is the trial of principle.
without IL a man hardly knows W heth-
Ell he Is honest or not.
The most miserable pcttifoggIng Ia
the world Is that.of "A rich man I'm the
court of his own conscience.
Would you learn To Judge kindly an
offending brother, place yourself la the
position OF the culprit.
Those who are formed to win gener-
al admiration are seldom calculated To
beStow individual happiness.
The remembrance of Il beloved moth
er becomes the shadow of all our ac-
tions; IL either goes before or follows.
a soul which studies Its spiritual In
tercsts In quarter of nm hours daily
meditation can never be los.
\" man Is rich whose expenditures
exceed his means; and no man is poor
whose inCOmngs exceed his outgolngs.
Toll, think, feel, hope. A man IL
sure To dream enough before he dies
without making arrangements for the
purpose.
Happy Ia he who has learned to do
the plain duty of the moment quickly
aud chocrfully, wherever and whatever
IL may be.
Tho poorest of the poor have been as
brave "a the wealthy; the learned have
died glor'Ously, but the unlcarned have
almost stolen the palm.
n mind trained To seli-denial meets
trials with an amount of reserved NOR.
al force quite ineNplicable To those less
habituated To scll-control
a man should never be ashamed To
own he has been In the wrong which is
but saying, In other words, that he IL
wiser today than hc was yesterday
Great effort from great motives il the
best definition of II happy life. The
easiest labor is "A burden TO him who
has no motive for performing 1t.
There are few things In life more IN
terostinR than an UNRESTRICTED inter
change of ideas with congenial spirit;
and there are few things more rare.
There are some men who are busy ln
idlcncss and make the leisure OF peace
not only more troublesome, but even
more wicked than the business of war.
Harsh words and harsh requirements
have many time alienated child's
feelings and crushed out all love OF
home.
Good temper is like sunny day; It
sheds IA brightness over everything; it
IL the swQEtner of toll aud the smoother
of dsqulctudc.
true friend Is one who will tell
you of yodr faults and fOllies la pros
pcrity, and assist you with his hand and
heart in advcrsity.
Put your heart i'm your work In bus
iness concentrate your thoughts upon
1t. BE ever ready TO learn, strive To-
excel; be In earnest.
think the first virtue IL To restrain
the tongue; he approaches nearest to
the gods who knows how To be silent
even though he Is in the right.
/ Though the word aud the spirit do
the main work, yet suffering 40 unbOlts
the door OF the heart that both the word
aud the spirit have entrance.
IL is often said that every man likes
ilattery. But ~ too much oil prevents
machinery running smoothly, so too
much ilattery makes Its recipient APP
pear Hat.
7
OF youth. Rain drops easily from the
/ bud, rests on the maturer flower, aud
breaks down that which has lived It's
day.
There are no hands upon the clock of
eternity; there Is no shadow upon its
dial. The very hours Of Heaven will
be measured by the sunshne-not by
the shadow.
A very rich man said 81 worked like
"a slave till was fifty To make my for
tune and I've been watching it like a
detective ever since for my lodging,
food, and clothes"
There can be- no surer way to success
than by disclaiming all confidence in
ourselves, and referring the events of
things 20 God with an Implicit conf
deuCc.
Our customs aud habits are like the
ruts in roads. The wheels OF life settle
into them, and we Jog along through
the mire, because II Is too much trouble
TO get out Of them.
Beauty, like the lowering blossoms,
soon fades but the divine excellence
Of the mind, like the medical virtues Of
the plant, remains In 10 when all those
charms are withered.
A man need only correct himself
others and excuse others with the
same indulgence that he shows TO him
self
Ideas as ranked under names, are
those that for the most part, men rea-
sOn 10 within themselves, and always
those which they commune about with
others.
Education is not q preventive Of
crime. but ts diffusion will certainly
help the people to know the advantages
Of obedience. the policy Of honesty,
and dangers Of doing wrong.
mans charity 10 those who diaer
from him upon great and difficult ques-
tiOus will be in the ratio Of his own
knowledge Of them. The more know
ledge, the more charity.
a man TO be q success must not be a
pure idealism. but he must have ideas
lie docs not want to be suu-dazZled or
sun-blind. but he must have glimmer
enough % keep him from knocking his
head against the wall.
The rainbow is beautiful, but with
out q storm, without passing cloud,
without descending rain drops 10 does
not appear. 10 comes after darkress
aud gloom, and the contrast makes its