The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-12-02
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

making ones fortune In political life
Is gambling upon series Of ifs.
don't wonder that debt makes mon
erin inals. 1t hardens the heart.
People must discuss something-it Ia
the great preventative Of insanity.
When ones heart ls full, one is not
apt TO drop plummet line into It.
| Great souls hold firmly to heaven
and lot the earth roll on beneath them.
Low as the grave is, only faith can
climb Digh enough to see beyond 1t.
Never think worse of another on nc
count of his differing from you In poli-
tics and religious subjects.
Never ridicule sacred things or what
others may esteem as such however ab-
surd they may appear to you.
Bodily enjoyment depends upon good
health, and health depends npon tenn
perance.
Tho man who studies to be reyenped
only manages to keep his own wounds
green.
No evil Is insupportable but that
which is accompanied with conscious
ness o. wrong.
When peoples feelings have got
aeadly wound they can't be cured by
favors.
knowledge will always predominato
over ignorance, us man governs the
other animals.
There are few doors through whloh
noeraiity, joined with good humor.
cannot find Its way.
She that has no one to love or trust,
has but little to hope. She wants the
radical principle OF happiness.
Have you known how to take repose ?
You have done more than he who has
taken cities and empires.
Ihis Is the present reward Of vlrtuous
cohduct-that no unlucky consequence
can obiige us to regret it.
Integrity without knowledge Is weak
ana useless, and knowledge without In.
tegrlty is dangerous and dreadful.
or the uncertainties Of our present
state, the most dreadful and ALARMING
Is the uncertain continuance of reason.
That man who knows the world will
never be bashful, and that man who
knows himself will never be impudent.
Lot there be in necessary things
unity, III everything charity, and then
there need not be in everything uni
formity.
Never resenS supposed injury until
you know the views and motives OF the
author Of 1t. And on no occasion re-
late 1t. l
Always take the part Of an, absent
allow {
A man should live with his superlors
as he does with his f1reNnot too near
lest he burn; not too far off, lest he
freeze.
1t Is not enough to believe what you
you must maintain what
you believe, and maintain it because
yon believe It.
There Is in Christianity light enough
for those who sincerely wish to see It,
and darkness enough to confound
those of an opposite disposition.
Only they who carry sincerity to tho
highest point, in whom there remains
not single hairs breadth OF ofhyyocrisy,
can see the hidden springs OF things.
1t requires great deal of boldness
and great deal Of caution to iuake
great fortune, and when you have got
1t, 1t requires ten times as much Wit to
keep it.
A weak mind sinks under prosperity
as we'll as under adversity. A strong
mind has two highest tldes--when the
moon is at the full ana when there is no
moon.
1t Is much easier to meet with error
than to find truth. Error 10 on the
surface; truth is hidden in great depthe,
and the way to seek 1t does not appear
to all the world.
A superior capacity for buslncss, and
more extensive knowledge, are steps
by which new man often mounts to
favor and outshines the rest Of his con-
temporariGs.
The mind is nourished at cheap rate.
Neither cold nor heat nor age itself Jan
interrupt this exercise. Give, there
fore, all you can to a possession Which
ameliorates even in its old age.
Whatever comes out OF despair cam
not bear the title of valor, which should
ing all things under itself, 1t should bo
able to maintain It's greatness even liz
the midst Of miseries.
The life Of every man is as the we'll
spring Of q stream, whose small Begin
nings are indeed plain to all, but
whOee courses and destination, as 1t
winds through tho expanses Of infinite
years, oaly the Omniscient can discern.
Faith without works is like bird
without wings; though she may hop
"AOA' AASA SNhhp"hAOho oil OHl Lklt yck BIO
will never fly with them to heaven;
but when both are Joined together, then
doth the soul mount UP to eternal rest.
The harp holds In It's wires the possi-
biiities Of noblest chords; yet, If they
he not struck, they must hang dull and
useless. So the mind is vested with q
hundred powers, that must be. smitten
by heavy hand to prove themselves
the offspring Of divinity.
When you Bpeak evll Of another you
must be prepared to have, others speak
evil Of you. There is an old Buddhist
proverb which says, "He who indulges
In enmjty is like one who throws aches
to windward, which comes back TO the
same, place and covers him all over"
They who can catch at happiness Ola
the bright surface Of things imagine
they can secure 1t, such as It, is, with
less risk and more certainty; they who
dive for 1t in the waters Of deeper feel
ing, If they succeed, bring up pearls
and diamonds. but ifItheY sink. they