West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-10-25
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.
Consider Your Mays.

Ignorance Is IA subject for pity not
laughter.
Acknowledge OF ofmankind Is necessary
/ To acquire prudence.
/ Choose those companions who admin-
\ lister To your Improvement.
/ Don't think IL degrading To work.
/ Only the fool thinks SO.
! There II nothing So fatal to comfort
as we'll rs To dcSorum, as Fss.
II Is the best proof of the virtues of
"A family circle To sec happy lros'd
The Chinese say there is a we'll of
/ wisdom at the root of every gray hair.
/ In the great world there Is "A place
for every one, aud we should be found
/ In ours.
Have one settled purpose In life. and
\ IL IL be honorable it will bring you re-
| ward.
! There Is pleasure I'm effort, in excite
ment, In trying, though tho end DO but
dream.
hardly know so true mark of n
/ little mind rs the servilo imitation OF
others
Friction cleans the bark aud rubs
down tho knots. Don't bo sfNId of
failure,
| llo who thinks every man rogue, IL
| very certain To SEQ one when he shaves
| himself.
| The highest reach OF human science,
is the scientific recognition of human
| ignorance.
| Books are but white paper, unless
men spend I'm action the wisdom they
get from thought.
! Mankind worship sHecss, but think
too little OF the means by which II ls
attained.
knowledge Will always prcdomInate
over ignorance, as man governs tho
other animals.
Man believes that To b0 n lie which
contradicts the testimony of his own
| ignorance.
We seek for riches, and do not hnd
them; we do not seek for death, but
alas! he comes.
shall long TO see tho mIserIes OF
the world, since the sight OF them Is
necessary TO happiness.
Human life is everywhere "A state la
which much Is To bo endured, and lit
tie To be enjoyed.
| BE not deceived with the FIRST ap-
pearances of things, hut give thysclf
! time to be in the right.
! Wisdom IL n solid and entire building,
of which every piece keeps its place
and carries its mark.
Love, ii you would be beloved serve,
| IL you would be served; and humble
yourself, II you would be exalted.
/ "rhe wicked workoth doceltful
work, but to him that Soweth right
cOusness shall be sure reward"
| We know what to do with orr Joys,
/ but we do not know what To do with
our SORROWS or With our hardships.
IL is tho Qrst little step that loses all.
! Aftcr that the road In slippery, and wo
are down before we know It..
Be not too hasty TO trust or to admire
tho teachers Of morality; they discourse
like Angels but they live like men.
! When we arc alone wo have our
! thoughts To watch; In our families, our
temper; and In society, our tongues.
! Truth Is hid by great depths, and tho
way TO IL does not appear to all the
world.
Conversational powers arc susceptl-
bic of great Improvement by hssidnOus
| cultivation.
! The friendships Of youth ara founded
on sentiment; the dissenslons or age re-
suit from opinion.
| eye, link us with nature and innocence
and are something Ia love.
Woe to those who are engaged In tho
commission Of unlawful deeds, for they
cannot trust their nearest accOmplices,
Love mankiud with all your souls,
and you will feel no difficulty In using
| patience, fOrbearance and forgiveness.
Some people have softcning Of tho
L.. a 4 AZ.
those who have hardening or the heart.
/ Tho flower Of civilization Is the fin
ished man; the man Of sense, OF accom-
! plishinent, of social pOWor-the gentle
man.
Certain thoughts are prayers. There
are moments when, whatever be- the at
| tltude OF the body, the soul IL on It's
/ knees.
! The three most difficult things are,
/ first, TO keep secret; secOHd, 70 forget
an injury; and, third, to make good
| use Of leisure.
Affections, like spring flowers, break
/ through the frOZ0n ground at last, aud
the heart, which seeks but for another
I heart 70 make IL happy, will meyer
seek I'm VAN.
| It Is very pleasant to sac some men
\ turn round, pleasant as sudden rush
I Of warm air IN winter, or the fash OF
/ freight In tho chill dusk thoy shed
/ radiance on all around them.
All useless misery ls certainly folly,
and no that fcols evils before they come
| may DO dsseryedly ccnsured, yet sure
! ly to dread the future is more rcasons-
. bic than TO lament the past.
Mountains never shake hands. Their
roots may touch, they may keep.tegeth-
or soms way up, but 40 length they
I part company, and rise into individual,
isolated peaks. SO 10 is with great men.
The beginning Of hardship Is like
the first taste Of bitter foOd-it seems
I for q moment UNDESIRABLE yet, II there
! Ia nothing else "a satisfy our hunger,
J VIC take another bite and hnd u possible
I 10 90 on.
A great mind is llko an elephant in
/ the ancient line Of battlc-the best ally
IN you can keep him in the ranks, front
ing the right way; bus if he turns
about he is tho deadlcst foe aud treads
his master underneath his feot.
Iu young, childish, ignorant natures
there rs constantly a blind trust In some
uushapcn chance 20 is as hard TO boy
or girl to believe that a great wretchcd-
ness will actually befall them, as to be-