West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-04-19
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.


Great pain and little pain makes
man weary.
Give rogue rope enough and he'll
hang himself.
BE lively, but not light; solid, but
not sad.
Civility Is always safe, but pride
creates enemies.
Better break thy word than do worse
in keeping It..
Never write when In anger; your
writing may condemn you.
The longest and darkest OF all nights
Is the night of despair. H
When rich rogucs are merry, honest
folks may 20 into mourning.
lie who loses his temper In an argu-
meGt, loses the argument also.
The character that needs law to mend
IL is hardly worth the tinkerlng.
BE respectful to all men, that you
may command respect.
Belief is not In our power, but truth
rulncSs is.
The Christian life Is not knowing or
hearing, but doing f.
Blessed are the homesick, for they
shall come at last to the Fathers house.
Moderation Is the silken string run
ming through the pearl chain of virtues.
We should esteem virtues, tho ugh la
Zoe; and abhor vice, though In "A
friend.
Love can excuse anything but mean
ness; but meanness Kills love aud crlp-
| pies even natural affections.
Advice IL like snow; the softer IL
falls, the longer IL dwclls upon, and the
deeper it sinks into the mind. ..
No man was ever cast down with tho
injuries of fortune, unless he had be-
folc been deceived by her favOrs.
Great things are not accomplished by
idle dreams, but by years of patient
study.
They that do nothing are In the read
lest way To do that which Is worse than
nothing.
Kind words are better than gold, and
the voice of Il friend has saved many
man from ruin.
BE happy If you can, but do not des-
pisc those who are otherwise, for YOU
know not their troubles. ll
Some of the grandest things which
have been achieved were by those whom
we thought our Interiors ft
Narrow not your mind To your own .
Sellishness, but give IL IA broad field for
your fellow men To work in.
Loves sweetest meanings are unspok-
en-. The full heart knows no rhetoric
OF words itrcsorts TO signs and glances.
All the blows we strike should be for
purpose every nail driven should be
"A rivct In ihc machine of the universe.
lie who who toys with time tribes
with Il frozen serpent, which Will nj
forwards turn aud inflict deadly
wound.
The chief art of attaining Is to learn
but little at Il time The widest excur-
| sions of the mind are made by short
Nights, frequently repeated.
st. Bernard puts It well when he says,
Humility is, of ali graces, the chiefest
whcu 1t doesn't know itself to be u
grace at all.
Give man such n heart as the Son OF
God describes iL the beatitudes. and II
whole universe of sorrow cannot rob
him of his blessedness.
think the first virtue Is to restrain
The tongue; he approaches nearest To
Che gods who knows how to be silent
even though he Is In the right.
Duty, though set about by thorns,
may be made staff, supporting even
while it tortures. Cast II away, and,
"No "'' PiVp'oV Mdhu' ~ CiahBSS lOa
snake.
Greatness stands upon preciplce.
| and If prosperity, unbalanced by moral
suasiOn, carries a man ever so little be-
| yODd his poise, IL Oyerbears and dashes
! him to pieces.
Though the Word and the Spirit do
| the main work, yet suffering 80 unbolts
che door of the heart, that both the
| Word aud the Spirit have easier entran-
| ces.
Blessed be the man who gives to the
| poor, albeit only a penny; dOubly
| blessed be hc who adds kind words TO
| mis- gift. Say not, because thou canst
not do everything, 81 will do nothing"
man who can give up dreaming
md 60 10 his daily realities; who can
| smother down his heart, It's love or woe,
iud take 70 the hard work Of his hand;
| Rho dches fate aud, If he must die,
| lies fighting 70 the last--that man Is
! life's best here.
Truth Is always consistent with Itself,
md needs nothing TO help 10 out. IL Is
always near at hand, and sits upon our
lips, aud Is ready TO drop out before
we are aware, whereas lie Is trouble
some, and needs great many more Of
,he same kind to make it good
A great high-road Of human welfare
les along the old highway Of steadfast
well doing, and they who are the most
persistent and work In the truest splr-
10 will invariably be the most success
ful :spc"ess treads on the heels Of every
right effort.
\ goOu name is best won by good
| deeds. There Is no sure way Of being
wci thou ,ht Of except by deserving
veil. "YOu have little world before
yOu, b" wrote Daniel Webster to a friend,
'Gll it with good deeds and you Will
! ill 10 with 20 r own glory"
The only part Of the conduct of any
me, I'm which ne Is amenable to ociety,
3 that which concerns others. I'm the
Jart which merely concerns himself,
lis independence is Of right absolute.
Dver himself over his own body and
mind, the individual Is sovereign.
This seems to me great truth, says
'arlyle, in any exile or chaos whatsO-
yer. that sorrow was not given us for
,orrOw's sake, bu always and infalHbly
IS lesson to US from which we are 10
earn somewhat, and which, the some
What once learned, ceases n be sorrow
Many have yielded to 90 a mile with
satan who never intended 70 90 with
him twain but, when once on the wa,