The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-07-17
FOOD FOR THOUGUT.

w I'LL ldlicUCc anu ClHC the mulberry
leaf becomes silk gown.
lie who blackcns others does not
whiten himself.
Take care of your plough and your
plough will take care of you.
lie who saves in little things can be.
liberal In great ones.
lie who avoids small sins does not fall
Into large ones.
He that pclts every barking dog must
pick great many stones.
Where the hedge is lowest the devil
leaps over.
Speak little, speak truta spend little,
pay cash.
What comes from the heart goes to
the heart.
Our neighbors' children are always
the worst.
Truth may be suppressed, but not
stranglcd.
Forgive thyself nothing and others
mucn.
If fprdc leads the van, poverty brings
up the rear.
NO one is more profoundly sad than
he who ia obliged to laugh.
True beauty increases, while l.,'se
lessons on examination.
DO not squander time, for that Is the
stuff life is made of.
There is Il pleasure In effort, though
the end be but a dream.
Every man who has decision OF char
actcr Will have enemies.
10 be dumb for the remainder of lie
Is better than to speak falsely.
Every man sees the faults Of Others,
but cannot discern his own.
10 the blessed eternity itself there Is
no other handle than this instant.
Ragged clothing cannot debase a man
as much as a fraycd reputation.
Let us search ourselves In the first
place. and afterwards the world.
If evil be said Of thee, and it is true,
correct 1t; If 1t be lie, laugh at 1t.
Employment is NATURES physicians,
and Is essential to human happiness.
No one will dare maintain that it Is
better to DO Injustice than to boar II.
1t is more profitable to look up our de-
fects than to boast Of our uttainments.
Often, while in the direct line Of duty,
dangers and difficulties surround our
path.
In the great world there Is place for
every one, and we should be found in
ours.
Those days are lost in which we do
no good; those worse than lost in
which we DO evil
Think less Of the vipers that may
attack you, and more of the duty that
lies before.
There Is no real use In riches, except
1t be lin tho distribution; the rest Is bur
conceit.
lie needs no other rosary whose
thread Of life Is strung with beads OF
love and thought.
The chains Of habit arc generally too
small to be left till they are too strong
to be broken.
individuality Is everywhere to be
spared and respected us the root OF
everything good.
| Let man overcome anger by love,
evil by good, the greedy by liberality,
the liar by truth.
Happiness can be built on Virtue
alone, and must of necessity have truth
for its foundation.
GOOD counscls observed are chains to
grace, which, nnheedcd, prove halters
to strangle undutiful childrcn.
If one strives to treat others as he
would be treated by them, he will not
fall TO come near the perfect life.
Tr!tc goodness is like the glow-worm;
1t shines most when no eyes except
those OF Heaven are upon it.
Ivory does not como from a rats
mouth, nor good counsel from SIAN
derer.
The first and worst Of all frauds Is to
cheat ones self, All sin Is easy after
that.
A metaphor In slandcr Is always besr
when 1t comes voluntarily, and is not
| constrained.
1t Is unfair to say q man does good
deeds only for eflecl, merely because he
does them with effect.
The happiness Of the tender heart Is
| increased by what it can take away
from the wrctchcdness Of others.
An ill-tempercd word and stone
are alike in that, when once thrown,
they cannot be recalled.
A man can no more escape from ills
ordinary grooves Of thought than he
can from his habitual grooves Of action.
! You may mover have thought Of 1t,
but 1t Is utterly impossible to get down
right angry without raising your voice.
| Some people act as though they had
been inoculated with stupidity, while
others act as though they had 1t in the
natural way. H
Only the religious man is good. And
what Is religionp 1t Is the perfect
agreement of the will with the con-
science.
| Value. the friendship Of him who
stands by you In the storm swarms Of
insects will surround you In the sun
shine. Eifu
Beware of prcjudices; they arc like
1ats, and mons minds are like traps.
Pretudices creep In easily, bat 1t Is
doubtful If they ever get out. &
Be thankful for past mercles, before
you plead for new favors this Is the
way to plead succe3sfully; he that
offereth praise gloriheth God.
The difference between those whom
the world esteems as good, and those 1t
condemns as bad, is In many cases little
| else than that the former have been