The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-10-14
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

the liar by truth.
Men seldom improve when they have
no other models than themselves to coDy
after.
You can not dream yourself into
character; you must hammer and forge
yourself one.
Modesty is to worth what shadows
are III painting: she gives to it
strength and relief.
There are many men whose tongues
might govern multitudcs If they could
govern their tongues.
II IL man have loYe in his heart, he
may talk In broken language, but it will
DC eloquence to those who listen.
am a man, and nothing that con-
Germs " human being Is Indifferent to
me.
We should do we'll to take counsel
from the wise and warning from the
foolish.
lie that never changed any of his
opinions never corrected any Of his
mistakes.
"A mans good breeding is the best
security against other peoples i'll man.
nerS.
pcdantry consists In the use of words
unsuitcd to the time, place and comp
any.
AS 1t was communicated with the air
OF secret, 1t soon found its way into
the world.
The simple believeth every word, but
the prudent man looketh we'll to his
going.
Seneca taught that "time is the only
treasure of which It Is virtue to be
covetous."
Pagan sclf-assertlon Is one Of the ele-
ments of human worth, as we'll as
Christian denial.
Never waste five minutes Of your
own time, never rob others by compell-
Ing them to wait for you.
The exccsscs OF our youth are drafts
upon our old age, payable with inter-
est, about thirty years after date.
The generality of men expend the
early part OF their lives in contributing
to render the latter part miserable.
The man who knows the world will
never De bashful, and the man who
knows himself will never be impudent.
There is nothing lowcr than hypocri-
sy. TO profess friendship and act en-
NIFTY Is IL sure proof of total depravity.
Don't despise small talents; they
arc needed IA we'll as the great ones. A
candle Is sometimes as useful as the sun.
There arc times in the history of
rs we'll us individuals,
when silence Is sin, and submission a
crime.
Hc who is false to present duty breaks
u thread In the loom, and will SOC the
defect when the weaving of n Lifetime
Ia unrolled.
Cunning men always get beat In the
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on one side as they are sharp on anoth-
Cr.
When you are down hearted and the
world looks black to you, you ought to
be hospitable enough to entertain a
hope OF better days.
The diamond fuIlen into tho dirt is
not tho least precious, and the dust
raised by high winds to heaven Is not
the least vile.
He who would amass virtues, leaving
out the guardian virtue humanity, is
like man who leaves Il precious dust
exposed to the wind.
Might and right do differ frlghtfully
from hour to hour; but give them cen-
tnrics to try It In and they are bound
to be Identical.
Men Of great and stirring powers.
which they are born, must first mold
themselves upon It..
Energy will do everything that can
be done In this world; and no talents,
no circumstances, no opportunities will
make Il twO-lcgged animal man with
out 1t.
A good name is like precious oint-
mcnt; 1t tilleth Ill around about, and
Will not easily fade away, for the 0dols
CT Olntments are moro durable than
those Of flowers.
Knowledge cannot be acquired with.
out pain and application. It is troub-
lusome, and like deep digging for pure
waters; but when once you come to
the spring, it rises up to meet you.
Outward trlumphs of religion are no
indications of It's purity, since the
more corrupt 1t is, the more popular 1t
will be, and the purer 1t Ia the less
likely 1t Is to be embraced, except by a
few.
There are some benefits which may
be 80 conferred as to become the very
refinement Of revenge; and there are
some evils which we had rather bear ir.
sullen silence than be relieved from at
the expense Of our pride.
A bird upon the wing may carry a
seed that shall add new species to the
vegetable family Of a continent; and
just so word, n thought, from a living
soul, may have results immeasurable,
eternal.
No man starts in his profession
career wise, strong and thoroughly At
ted for his work. One must gain wis
dom by experience, strength by exer-
else, and fitness by reiterated, and at
first often Intellectual, endeavor.
Christian graces are like perfumes
the more they are pressed the sweeter
they smell; like stars that shine bright
est In the dark; like trees--the moro
they are shaken the deeper root they
take, and the more fruit they bear.
Witty sayings are as easily lost az tho
pearls slipping off q broken string, but
a word of kindness Is seldom spoken In /
vain. 1t Is a seed which, even when
dropped by chance, springs up as a a
flower. III IL
Marriage is like some exquisite Inc
strument which can bo tnrn0d ONLY byB