The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-04-22
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.
Observe good manners.

Yield not to encouragement.
| Zcalously labor for the right.
Question not the voraclty Of friend.
Respect the counsel of your parents.
| Watch carefully over your passions.
Sacrifice money rather than prinoi-
pie.
Abuse Is an Indirect species or hon.
age.
'Ntcnd to every one kindly salut4-
tiou.
lie that never thinks can never bs
wise. r.. 81
Use your leisure tlme for improve
ment.
Venture not upon the threshold of
wrong.
No wise man ever yet wished 70 be
younger.
Self reliance Is quito distinct from
self-nssurance. ....
Seek not to please the world, but your
own conscience.
Touch not, taste not, handle not In
tt 'icating drinks.
The heart ought to give charity when
the hand cannot.
Whoever learns to stand alone must
learn TO fall alone.
| Youth should be patteht, because the
| future lies before it..
a feIon on tho hand Is worse than
two in tho penitchtiury.
1t is good thing to learn caution by
the misfortune OF others.
Nothing Is more dangerous than a
friend without discretion.
| When man is wrong and wont ad-
NIT u, he always gets angry.
| A man Of numerous desires Is Of all
beings the most independent.
| Kindness Is tho golden chain by
| which society is bound together.
lie who waits at the gates Of by-and-
by enters at tho gates Of tho never.
1t IL TO live twice when you can enjoy
the recollection Of your former life.
Never trouble yourself with tribes,
and soon all trouble will appear tritle.
a sweet temper is to the household
what sunshine ia to trees and flowers.
Those who trample on tho helpless
arc disposed to cringe to the powerful.
On the heel of folly trcadcth shame;
at the back OF anger standeth rcmerse.
| 1t Is hard to respect old ago when we
got sold OIL venerable pair Of chickens.
Those "llttle bills" will not grow any
smaller by filing them away-unpaiu.
A scolding woman, like train con-
ductor IL pretty much always Oh tho
rail-
Account him thy real friend who de-
sires thy good, rather than thy good
will.
Acts, looks, words, steps, from the
alphabet by which you may spell char
acter.
He that speaks the truth will fad
himself III sufficiently dramatic sltua-
tions.
AS thrashing separates tho wheat
from the cha1f, SO does ilictlon purify
virtue.
lie that has never known adversely
is but half acquainted with others or
with himself. 49,
1t Is better to accomplish perfectly u
very small amount than to half-do ten
times as much.
| Adversity does not take from us true
friends, iC only dispels those who pre-
tend to be such.
There cannot be a greater treachery
than first to raise confidence, and
then deceive It.
Harsh counsels have no effect: they
arc like hammers which are always re-
pulsed ny the anvil.
Pay as you 60. A man of honor re-
spccts his word as he does his bond.
Ask, but never bog.
The flower which we do not pluck ia
tho only one which never loses Its
beauty Or fragrance.
Despair and postponement are cow
ardice and defeat Men were bern to
succeed, not to fail.
Self-denial Is the most exalted pleas
ure, and the conquest Of evil habits the
most glorious triumph.
Two things command my, yeneratlon
the starry universe around us, and
the law Of duty within.
lmpolitencss is derived from two
sources-lndlfferenc to the divine and
contempt for tho human.
Most mon take conviction from an adj
versary rs children do physlo, with
struggle and shudder. &
Sumo write, talk, and think 30 much
about vice and virtue, that they have
no time to practice either.
| When man dies men inquire what
ho has left behind him; angels inquire
what he has sent before hlm. b.
Many men claim to be Arm in their
principles, when, really, they are only
obstinate In their preludloes.
They that will not be coupseled. can
not be helped. IT YOU DO not hear rea-
son, she will rap your knuckles.
A good deedtis never lost he who
sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he
who plants Kindness gathers loyo.
Whenever there is tlcklcness you may
say with truth 10 him who is charac-
terized by 1t, "Thou shalt not excel" -
| Cheerfulness makes tile mind clearer,
gives tone to the thoughts, and adds
grace and beauty to the countenance.S
| Words are good, but there Ia some.
thing that Is even better. The best Is
not to be expialred by words. Tho
spirit In which we act is the chief mat
| ter. sgt, 1rt,iE4.stgit alttl4 & KS "
Venture not into the company Of
those who 4 are infected with the
plague; no, not cYen,& though thou
lhlnkest thyself guarded with an anti-
dote.
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