The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-12-23
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

we have not ourselves committed.
DO good to all, that thou maycst keep
thy friends and gain thine enemies.
There arc vices which do not deprive
us of friends, and virtues which do.
Love mocks all sorrows but its own,
and damps each JOY 1t does not yield.
Your benevolerce should seek tho
poor before the poor seek your benevo-
lence. #
Men who believe they will die like
beasts are apt to live in the same man
ncr.
The sourest temper must sweeten In
tho atmosphere Of continuous good
aumor.
lie that cannot forgive others breaks
the bridge over which he must pass
himself.
1t Is counted an honor to live like
princes. but it Is agreater honor to give
like princes.
Nothing ever touched the heart Of a
reader that did not come from the heart
of the writer.
i,ere is an alchemy in a high heart
which transmutes other things to it's
own quality.
Some people think It an excess Of
magnanimity to forgive those whom
they have injured.
a sincere confession OF our iynor-
anco Is one of the falrest and surest tes-
timonies, of our own Judgment.
know Of no manner OF speaking so
offensive US giving praise aud qualify
Ing 1t with an exception.
| Exemption from care is not happi-
ness; on the contrary, a certain degree
of care Is essential to enjoyment.
The poorest education that teaches
| self-control is better than the best that
ncglects 1t.
or learning tho most difficult part Is
to unlearn, hence the necessity of be-
ginning betimes.
lngratitude is Il kind Of mental weak.
ness. We have never seen any able
man who was ungratcful.
Man ought always to have something
that he prefers to life, otherwise Tito
Itself will appear tlrcsomc and void.
DON'T pin your faith on so-called
great men. You will find most OF them
very small as you approach them.
A man who has duly considered tho
condition Of his being, will co.,tented-
~ yield to the course of things.
Secret klndnesses done to your fol-
low-creatures arc as beautiful as secret
'uJulicS uio ucteSIauJe. EE g..ra '5 El r.-
Without the virtue Of humility ono
can neither be lones5 in poverty nor
| contcntcd In abundance.
1t takes less time to get over ones
mistortunes than to he reconcilcd to Il
neighbours good fortune.
Not that which men do worthlly,
bot that Which they do successfully, Is
| what history Is eager to record.
fl,nn n,,I, q. II
Is avnricc, and which the longer wo
live only becomes keener.
There is no state Of life SO anxious as
that Of Il man who does not live accord
lug to the dictates Of his own reason.
The object OF all ambition should be
to be happy at home; If we are not
happy there, we canEot be elsewhere.
II you want knowledge, you must
toll FOR IT; If food you must toll tor it;
and If pleasure you must toll for 1t.
Don't expect to earn your living
without labor Of hand or head. You
must cat your own bread or somebody
| elso's.
1t Is most mor;ifying reflection tor
any man to consider wlrat he has done
compared with what he might hive
done.
They asked Lokman tho fabulist from
whom did you learn manners? He an-
swered promptly: From tho unman-
ncrly.
Sin Is never at stay, II we do not
retreat from 1t, we shall advance In it;
and the further we 60, tho more we
have to como back.
Beware OF anger Of the tongue; con-
troll the tongue. Beware Of anger OF
the mind. Practice virtue with thy
tongue and with thy mind.
Sow not wishes in other peoples gar
dcns; wish not for that which you are
not, but earnestly desire to be the very
best of what you really are.
Health is the only riches that a man
ought to set a value on; for without 1t
all men are poor, lot their estates be
what thoy will.
lfany one say that he has seen Just
man lii want Of bread, we answer that
1t was IN some place whore there was
no other just man.
Justice IS a duty-generoslty Is vir-
tue. Yet the whole Is too apt to regard
INC first rs favor, and the latter as a
folly.
Hard words are like hailstones In
summer; beating down and destroying
what they would nourisll If they were
melted INTO drops. s%f.,5!
Every human creature is sensible to
some inflrmities Of temper, which 1t 4
should be his care to correct and sub
due, particularly In the early period Of u
life. - "a a sI
The proper element Of man is con-
slant activity. The waters Of life are
like those of tho Bethesda pool--it Is 4
only when they are agitated that they
are hcalthful. lG
IL Is better to set q frugal and wel-3
como table before tho guest instantly, "
thar to keep him waiting long time,
IN order to provide tor him qsplendid
rcpast, perhaps grudgingly. s55
Reticcnce is q valuable power, but
one in tho use OF which great discre-j
| tlon is required and IT. loses all Its dig-SS
nifty oil its dignity as soon rs 1t Is prac- !
ticed without snfllcient cause. ~ US
Never let a lie 60 to seed In your souls.
(f you should happen to be tempted; ;in-si
to telling a falsehood, let 1t be pluoketls ,
I o,.f a Y,rnuinr nnn 70 q fn,, nf ,yS,s,