West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-05-31
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

We dIC dS Haole 10 De corrupted by
books as by companions.
The great misfortune of all Is not to
be able TO bear misfortune.
One can not bear To pay for an artl-
Gle he used To get for nothing.
Age that lessons the enjoyment of
life, Increases our desire of living.
Example is always more enlcacious
thau preccpt.
Few things are impossible to dili-
geuCc and skill.
A man used to viclssitudes Is not cas-
lily detected.
One smile for the living Is worth
dozen tears for the dead.
Laziness Is premature death. To be
In no action, Is not tv live.
Divine vengeance comes with feet of
lead, but strikes with the hand of iron.
Absence destroys trining intlmacics,
but IL nvigoratcs strong ones.
To the blessed eternity itself there is
no other handle than this instant.
Let us search ourselves I'm tho first
place, and afterwards the world.
Ragged clothing cannot debase man
as much rs frayed reputation.
II evil be said of thee, and II Is true.
correct IL; II IL be "A lie, laugh at it.
Employment Is Natures physician,
and is essential To human happiness.
II every year we rooted out one vice,
we should soon become perfect men
No one will dare maintain that it is
better To do injustice than TO bear It,
II Is more profitable to look up our de-
fccts than To boast of our attainmcnts.
A man owes his success I'm his life
work To the woman who walks beside
uim.
The sweetest thing ON earth Is "A little
child when IL has learned To know and
love.
Bodily enjoyment depends upon good
health, and health depends upon tenn
pUranCc.
knowledge will always predominate
over iguorlncc, as man governs the
other animals.
Human life IL everywhere n state In
which much is TO be endured, and little
TO be enjoyed.
After friendship and love come bene-
Violence and that compassion which
unites the soul to the unfortunate.
How contagious Is the laugh of some
people; how inrring that of others, like
playing on wOrROut piano.
The innocence and purity Of child
hood brings bitter heart pangs to the
sin-hardened man and worldly woman.
People who cannot heartily love and
hate Will never command the first or
know the clearing influence of the lat
ter.
IL Is better to wear out than to rust
out. We must not only strike the iron
while IL is hot, but strike until IL Is
made hot.
Life would surely be drcary waste
If one could not have his picture taken
every time n new collar Ii introduced
into the market.
Only they who carry sincerity to the
highest point, in whom there remains
not "A single hairs breadth ofhypocrisy,
can see the hidden springs of things.
Good pictures are great teachers. A
fine work Of art hanging In ones house
speaks TO him constantly In language
Of tender beauty that wins its way to
the heart.
a superior capacity for business, and
a more extensive knowledge, are steps
by which new man often mounts TO
favor and outshines the rest Of his con
tcmpOrarlcs.
How few realize that the strata Of
love and hate lie so close together that
1t takes but little TO bring the latter up
permost, when under the pressure Of
unkndness or injustice.
Great works are performed, not by
strength, but by perseverance he that
shall walk with vigOr three hours
day, will pass In seven years space
equal to the circumference Of the globe.
The liberty Of using harmless pleas
ures will not be disputed; but IL Is
still 10 be examined what pleasures
are harmless. The evil Of any pleasure
il not In the act itself, but In its cOnse-
quences.
Such is the state ofllfc that none arc
happy but by the anticipation Of
change. The change itself is nothing;
when we have made IL the next wish is
to change again. The world is not yet
exhausted,
Whatever facilitates our work Is more
than an omen; II rs a cause of success.
This IL one Of those pleasing surprises
which often happens 10 active resOlu-
tiOn. Many things difficult TO design
prove easy to performance.
We smile at the ignorance Of the saw
age who cuts down the tree i'm order to
reach the fruit; but the fact is that
blunder Of this description is made by
every person who Is ever eager and inn
patient in the pursuit Of pleasure.
In the decline Of life, shame and
grief are Of short duration; whether it
be that we bear easily what we have
borne long, or that, finding ourselves
in age less regarded, we less regard
others or, that vo look with slight re-
gard uDOu anIictiOus 20 which we know
that Che hand Of death is about to put
au end,
The life that is devoted tO knowledge
passes silently away. and Is very little
diversified by events. To talk in pub
Tic, 20 think in solitude, TO read aud 90
hear, 10 inquire, and to- answer inquir-
les, is the business Of scholar. lie
wanlers about thc world without pOmp
or terror, and is neither known nor
valued but by men like himself
Every day "a little sclf-denial. The
thing that is difficult To- do to-day viii
be an easy thing TO do three hundred
and sixty-fvo days hence, if each day
TO shall have been repeated. What
power Of sclf-mastcry shall he enjoy
who, Looking 90 God for His grace
seeks every day topractice the grace ne
pray for.
Two gifts are offered to men Ga this