The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-09-09
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

In love, to give a portrait is to prom
ise the original.
The best government ,s that which
teaches US to govern ourselves.
Those who have had the most forgiy-
en- them should be the least addicted to
SANDER.
There are many men whose tongue
might govern multitudes, If they could
govern their tongues.
A promise Is just debt, which YOU
must take care to pay, for honor and
honesty are the security.
Many sweetly formed mouth has
been distlgured and nude hideous by
the fiery tongue within 1t. =
Scandal, like the Nile. is fed by in
Vulnerable streams; but it Is extremely
difficult to trace 1t to Its source.
Man ought always to have something
that he prefers to life, otherwise life It.
self will appear tirosome and void.
The loss OF friend is like that of
limb time may heal the anguish of the
wound. but the loss cannot be repaired,
Ihore lisa purple half to the grape, a
mellow and crimson half to the peach,
sunny half to the globe, and a better
half to man.
There are bitterer partlngs than
death, and more heart.rending fare
wells than those which are breathod
over the grave.
There is no fault 80 small that it will
disappear Of itself. You must make a
business OF pniling it up by the roots
anu throwing 1t away.
ignorance, when it ls voluntary. Is
criminal; and he may properly be
charged with evil who refused to learn
how he might prevent it.
All skill ought to be exerted for uni
versal good every man has owed much
10 others, and ought to repay the kind
nesS that he has received.
If the internal grief of every man
could DC READ, written on his forehead,
how many who now excite envy would
appear to be objects of pity.
Every life is like block of marble
with a possible angel hidden in II. Tho
difficulty IL to cut the angel out and
leave nothing but chips behlnd.
There Is no merit where there ia no
trial and till experience stamps the
mark OF strength, towards may pa, ,s for
heroes and faith for falsehood.
You and l must not lay our failure
to do good to the perverse state of
things. If everybody was right, there
would be no need OF ministers.
Ii obstacles are in your path, over
leap them, and never forget that u
grain OF boldness In everything is an
important requisite of prudence.
Every human creature Is sensible to
some lnilrmities of temper, which lt
should be Ills care to correct and sub
due, particularly in the early period OF
life.
'"There are people who live behind
tho hill" Is an old German proverb,
which means that there are other folks
In the world beside yourself, although
you may not see them.
Ifpersons were as willing to be pleas
ant and as anxious to please In their
own homes as they are in the company
Of their neighbors, thoy would have
the happlest homes In the world.
Blessed is he who gives to tho poor,
albeit only penny doubly blessed be-
he who adds kind words to his gift.
Say not, because thou oanst not do
everything, 81 will do nothing"
He that sympathizes in all the happi-
ness OF others perhaps himself enjoys
the safest happiness, and he that is
warned by all the folly Of others has
perhaps attained the soundest wisdom.
Suoh as have virtue always in their
mouth, and neglect iC in practice, are
like harp which emits sounds pleas.
ing to others, willie It's own body is
wholly insensible to the music pro-
duced.
we have nevOr seen man beWailiny
his ill-fortune without something Of
contempt tor his weakness. No indi-
vidual or nation ever rose TO eminence,
III any department., which gave itself
up to this childish behavior.
Men are qualified for civil llbery In
exact proportion to their disposition to
put moral chains upon their own appe-
tites; In proportion as their soundness
and sobriety of understanding Is above
their vanity and presumption.
We should rule ourselve with a frni
hand. Being our own master means
often that we are at liberty to be the
slaves OF our own follies, capriccs, and
passions. Generally speaking, a man
cannot have worse or more Lyranni-
cal master than himself.
Flatterers are the worst kind Of trait
ors. for they will strengthen your im-
periections, encourage you in all evils,
correct you In nothing, but so shadow
and paint your follies and vices as you
shall never, by their will, discover good
from evil, or vice from virtue.
Childhood ts like mirror, catching
and rejecting images. One impIous or
profane thought uttered by parents
lips may operate upon the young heart
like careless spray Of water thrown
upon polished steel, staining it with
rust, which no aftor securing oan Of
face.
If you will 20 to the banks Of a
little stream and watch tho flies that
come to bathe in 1t, you will notice
that while they plunge their bodies in
the water they keep their wings high
out OF the water, and after swimming
about a little while they fly, away with /.
their wings unwet through the siJanya;
air. Now, that is lesson for us,s.
II uere we are Immersed in the cares q iilFg
nu iiess Of tho world; but let us keep
the wings OF our soul, our faith and
our love out Of the world, that, with
these unclogged, we may be ready to
axe oLr iiaght to heaven,
We must regard every matter as an
intrusted secret which we believe the
person concerned would vi h to te con
Sidered ut such Nav furrner ati II wa