The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-10-14
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

NO books are so legible as the lives
OF men, no character 30 plain as their
moral conduct.
That writer does the most who gives
his reader the most knowledge and
takes from him the least time.
An author usually has two charac-
ters-the one belonging to his imagin-
alton, the other to his experience.
A mean, grovelling spirit takes all
the dignity OUT OF the figure and all the
character out Of the countenance.
Scandal, Ike the Nile, is fed by in
numeraDle streams; but it Is exceed
lhgly difficult to trace 1t to its source.
Our distinctions do not lie in the
places which we occupy, but In the
grace and dignity with which we fill
them.
Self love Is at once the most tenacious
OF our aenttments-a mere nothing
wounds 1t, but nothing on earth wifi
Plato will have disciples, but Socra-
tes Will have aderers; because If the
one knew how to hink, the other knew
how to die.
Ignorance, when it is voluntary. Ia
criminal, and he may properly be
charged with evil who refnsed to ieorN
|
HOW narrow our souls become when
aoSorpcd III any present good or i'll
1t ls only the thought of the f,lture
that makes them great.
The perfection OF conversation Ia not
10 play regular sonata, but like the
-hollan harp, to await the inspiration
OF the passing orceze,
THOSE who, without knowing us.
LINK , or speak evil OF us, do us no
harm; it is not us they attack. but tho
phantom Of their own Imagination.
All sklll ought to be exerted for uni
vcrsal good; every man has owed
much 70 others and ought to rapav tha
Kindness that he has received.
a man has no right to occupy such
hlsh moral grounds that he Is constan
! tly 30 far above his fellows that he onn
oc oi no earthly assistance to them.
Poltteness may prevent the want of
WIZ ana talents from being observed;
| but wit and talent cannot prevent the
o'Sco'ery OF the want of pollteness.
NO man has come to true greatness
VINO has not felt In some degree that
| MS NE belongs to his race, and that
WilaC dod gives linn, he gives him for
mankind.
Keep close to your friends and far
away from ysur enemies, and you will
never nave To Indulge In the luxury Of
a quarrel.
The disesteem and contempt of others
IS lnseDerable from pride. 1t IS hardly
possible for us 10 overvalue ourselves
Dut Dy UNDERWRITING others.
Stick to ono thing until it is done.
hnd done we'll. The man who chases
two hares not only leaves one Of them.
but Is pretty sure to lose the other also.
The ordinary employment of artifice
Is tho mark Of pretty mind; and it
always happens that he who uses it to
cover himself in one place uncovers
himself In another.
Ayarice almost always mistakes
| Itself; thcre Is no passion which more
OFTEN deprives self of its object, nor
| on which the present exercises 80 much
power to prejudice Of the future.
The devil runs an immense malufac-
tory OF excuses. They are Of all sizes
ana shapes, suited to every possible
occasion, and such is the demand for
them that it is impossible TO overstock
, the market.
The happiness Of your lie depends
upon the quality OF your thoughts;
| therefore guard yourself accordingly,
and take care that you entertain no
notions unsuitable to virtue and un-
reasonable to nature.
Duty is the little blue sky over every
heart and s0ul-Over every life large
enough for a star to look between the
clouds, and for the skylark happiness
to sec heaven ward through and sing lii.
Life has many ills. but the mind that
\ In ho OH
Ing aspect and every doubtful dispen-
sation as replete with latent good,
benrs within itself powerful and per-
petual antidote.
| a man who makes his money at the
expense Of his health and his honor,
pays too much; he who gets his money
by lucky hits pays too little. If he
pays too much he cheats himself. If
he pays too little he cheats mankind.
| IF you want to know what to think
OF man, ask him what he thinks OF
his ncighbOrs. If he sees their best
side, you can trust him; If he discOur-
ses OF thcir bad side, make him pay
cash or get his goods somewhere else.
Napoleon l. said he recognized the
superiority Of a man by the degree OF
clevcrness which he showed in the art
OF lying. One Of his uncles told him
when boy that he would govern the
world, because he was habitual liar.
A man must have either great men
or great objects before him, otherwise
his powers degenerate, IA the magnets
DO when 1t has lain for long time
without being turned toward the rlgh
corners Of the world.
Humility is everywhere preached and
prlde practised; they persuade others
to labor tor heaven, and fall out about
earth themselves, their lives are con-
trary to their doctrines, and their doc
trincs one to another.
Always add, always walk, always
proceed; neither stand still, nor 20
bn k. nor deviate; he that standeth
still proceedeth not: he goclh b lck
chat continueth not; he that devlateth
revolteth; he goeth better that creep
eth In his way, than he that moveth
'ut of his way.
Conversation is virtue, and he can
bc Of no good nature that docs not pre-