The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-12-09
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

There is no good in preaching to the
hungry,
A man used to vicissitude is not ems
lily detected.
Charity gives itself rion, but coyet-
Gus boards itself poor.
One smile for tho living Is worth a
dozen tears for the dead
As the body is purified by water, so
Is the soul purified by truth.
Human life is every where state in
which must is to te endured.
Far happier are they who always
know what they will do.
The best thing in the world is to be
aOlc to live above the world.
Everybody knows good counsel ex-
cept him that hath neod of it.
He who can take advice is sometimes
superior to him who can give it
Divine vengeance comes with feet of
lead, but strikes with the hand Of iron.
Life is comedy te him who thinks,
and tragedy to him who feels.
Surely half the world must be blind,
they can see nothing unless it glitters.
A man, when he rises In the morning,
llltte knows what he may do before
night.
All things are admired, either be-
cause they are new Or because they are
Dot great.
Human life Is every whore Il state
In which much Is to be endured and
little I" be enjoyed.
~ little less money and little more
goou character would improve hosts OF
people vastly.
Our best Intentions, even when they
have been most prudently formed, fail
often in their Issue.
-T'.e miles to heaven are few and
short and the glorious end will come
aOon.
Many Il man has been dincd out of
his religion, ami his politics, and his
manhood, almost.
Go your way and don't trouble about
your netghDors. A man never peeps
through keyhole without finding
something to vex him.
1t Is vastly better to have little with
contentmeut than riches with worry.
The ass that carries you Is worth more
than the horse that throws yuu.
Ruin is the only cure for ruin with
some people; thore Is nothing but the
recoll that comes of Disgrace that Will
save 4 man of vanity and egotism.
In genuine hospitality which cannot be
described, but is Immediately felt, and
puts the stranger ut once at his easc.
There Is no actien Of man in this life
which Is not the begin alng of so Tonga
cham OF Consequences, as that no iin-
man providence Is high enough to give
us prospect to the ond.
He who learns and makes no use OF
his lcarulug Is Il beast OF bu rtlen with
loud of books. COmprGhcmdetil the
nss whether he carries on his back u
library or a bundle Of faggotsp
The Chinese, whom 1t might be woll
to disparago less and initiate more, seem
almost the only people among whom
learning and D.eriG have the uscendency
and wealth Ia not the standard of Osti-
nation.
You meet in this world with false
mfrth rs often as with false gravity;
the grlnning hypocrite Is not more
uncOn mon character than tho groaning
one, and from full mind as from an
empty head.
1t were better to havo no opIuion Of
God at all than such an opinion AZ is
unworthy OF Him; 10: the ono Is un-
belief and the other IL contumely; and
certainly superstition Is the reproaoh
Of tile Deity.
Witty sayings are as easily lost.
the poarls slipping oil broken string,
but word OF kindness Is seldom apok-
on In win. 1t lisa seed VIII ich, oven
whom dr"ppcdby chance, springs upas
q flower.
The great moments Of life are but
moments like the others. Your doom
Is spoken In a word or two. A single
look from the eyes, a mere pressure OF
the hand may decide 1t, or OF the lips,
though they carnot speak.
ALI men and women are verify, as
Shakespeare hes said of them, merely
players, when we see them upon the
stage OF the world--that Is, whom they
are seen any where except in the free
dom and unaffected intimacy OF private
life.
When people come to see us, we fool
ishly praLtle, lest we be inhospitable.
But things said for conversation are
chalk eggs. Don't say things. What
you arc stands over you the while, and
tnunders so that can't hear what you
say to the contrary,
Examine your lives, weigh your
motives, watch over your conduct, and
you viii not take long to learn or dis.
cover enough to make you entertain
charitable opinions oi others. BE harsh
In your Judgment Of self; be tender IN
your Judgment Of others.
Marriage means renunciation as we'll
as acceptance; 1t means giving as we'll
as receiving; 1t means serving as we'll
as being served; 1t means patience az
we'll as hope; 1t neans submission as
we'll as being submitted unto. It
means, Ia short, that the wedding day
Is the Degih ming, not the end.
Lovers abstain from caresses, and
haters from insults, whilst they sit In X
one parlor with common friends.a
Would We codlfy the laws that should
reign in households, and whose daily
transgresslon annoys and mortifies us
and dogrades our household life, we
must learn to adore every day with
sacrifices. @ n &
Accustom yourself to think vigorous
". Mental capital, like pecuniary, 10 &
be worth anything must be we'll sin-
vested ed--nlust be rightly adjusted and
applied, and TO this end careful and
daen thouuhtfs necessary 4 if great RI, ,S