West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-06-28
FOOD FOR THoUGnr.

Take care of your plough aud your
plough will take care of YOU.
lie who saves I'm little things can be
liberal I'm great ones.
lie who avoids small sins does not fall
Into large ones.
lie that pclts every barking dog must
pick great many stones.
Where the hedge is lowest the devil
leaps over.
Speak little. speak trutS spend little,
pay cash.
What comes from the heart goes to
the heart.
Our noighbors' children are always
the worst.
Truth may be suppressed, but not
stHnglcd.
Forgive thyself nothing and others
mucu.
II pride leads the van, poverty brings
up the rear.
No one is more profoundly sad than
he who is obliged to laugh.
True beauty increases, while false
lessons on examination.
DO not squandcr time, for that Is the
stun life is made of.
There is - pleasure I'm effort, though
the end be but dream.
Every man who has decision of char
actcr Will have enemies
To bc dumb for the remainder of II =
Is better than to speak falsely.
Every man sees the faults of othcrs,
but cannot discern his own.
TO the blessed eternity itself there Is
no other handle than this instant.
lot /, tn, IL.
as much as IA frayed reputation.
Let us search ourselves In the first
place, aud afterwards the world.
II evil be said of thee, and IL Is true,
correct IL; If It be n lie, laugh at IL.
Employment Is Natures physicians,
and h. essential to human happiness.
Ne one Will dare maintain that II Is
better To do injustice than to bear 1t.
It's more profitable TO look up our de-
fccts than to boast OF our nttainments.
often, while I'm the direct line of duty,
dangers and difficulties surround our
path.
In the great world there Is n place for
every one, and we should be found iu
ours.
Those days are lost In which we do
no good; those worse than lost la
which we do evil
Think less of the vipcrs that may
attack you, and more OF the duty that
lies before.
There is no real use I'm riches, except
II be In the distribution; the rest is but
cOnceit.
He 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 as the root or
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 It's foundation.
Good cOunsels observed are chains to-
grace, which, unheeded, prove halter5
to strangle uudutlful children.
If one strives to treat Others ~ he.
would be treated by them, he will not
iaIl to come near the perfect life.
True goodness Is like the glow-worm
IL shines most when no eyes except
those OF Heaven are upon It.
Ivory does not como from "a RAGS
mouth, nor good counsel from SLAM
derer.
The first and worst of all frauds Is 10
cheat ones SELF. All sin Is easy afLer
that.
a metaphor I'm slandcr is always best
when 10 comes voluntarily, and Is not
constrained.
IL Is unfair TO say man does good
deeds only for eiiect, merely because he
does them with effect.
The happiness Of the tender heart is
Increased by what IL can take away
from the wretchedncss Of others.
An ill-tempered word aud q stone
are alike in that, when once thrown,
they cannot be recalled.
A man can no more escape from his
ordinary grooves OF thought than he
can from his habitual grooves Of action.
You may never have thought Of it.
but H. Is utterly impossible to get down
right angry without raising your voice.
Some people act az though they had
been inOculated with stupidity, while
others act as though they had 10 in the
uabAlhl way
Only the religious man Is good. And
what is religiOnY IL Is the perfect
agreement of the will with the con-
science.
Value the friendship Of him who
stands by you in the storm; swarm OF
Insects Will surround you ia the sun
shine.
Beware Of prcjudices; they are like
rats, and mems minds are like traps.
Prejudices creep in easily, bat &C. Is
doubtful IT they ever get out.
BE thankful for past mercies, before
you plead for new fayOrs; this Us the
way to plead successfully; he that
Oiloreth praise glOriieth God
The difference between those whom
the world estcems as good, and those it
condemns as bad, Is in many cases little
else than that the former have been
sheltered from temptation.
Universal love Is like glove with
out fingers, which fits All hands alike.
and none closely; but true affection is
like a glove with fingers, which hts
one hand only, and fits close to that one.
ff you have talents, industry will inn
prove them; IL you have moderate
abilities, industry will supply the def
cicuCies. Nothing is denied 90 we'll