The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-01-01
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

RnligiOn is tho lest armor a man can
| have but the worst cloak.
The best sort of revenge is not to be
like him who does the injury.
They arc never alone that are accom-
panied With noble thoughts.
Our acts make or mar us; we are tho
| children Of our own deeds.
| An ingenious mind feels In unmeri-
tel praise the bittercst rcproof.
a foolish friend Is, at times, a great
er annoyance than wise enemy.
| DO good and throw it into the sea II q
the fish know it not the Lord will.
| They arc never alone who are accom-.
panied with noble thoughts.
They who have true light in them.
selves seldom become satellites.
| Good temper Is like sunny day; 1t
sheds its brightness on everything.
| Without contentment there is no
wealth, and with it there is no poverty.
He has mastered all things who has
combined the useful with the agreeable,
a mans good breeding is the best Sc
curity against other peoples i'll man
ners, .#-t.1 .aE
lie who thinks he has nothing to fear
| from temptation Is most exposed to u
fall. 35,'
Pedantry consists in the use Of words
unsuitable to the time, place and COM
panY. s,s'
There are three things which nobody Z
can DO withOut--money, buttons. and,
| the baker.
Be co::s:Gnt in what is good, but be-
I'ware OF being obstinate In ANYTHING
| that is evil. t'D9l|'7 I
All that tread the globe are but a
mere handful to the tribes that slumber
| in it's bosom.
Sin produces fear, fear leads to bond
| age, ana bondage makes all our duties
| irksome. j.. .@E
Onl y what we have wrought into
our characters during life can we take
away with us.
IN virtue and In health we love to bo
instructed as well as physiched with
| pleasure.
The chains Of habit are generally too
small to DC folt till they are too small
to be broken.
Individuality Is everywhere. to be
spared and respected as the root of
everything good.
Let man overcome angor by love.
evil by good, and greedy by libcrality
the liar by truth.
Books are mcn of higher nature, and
| the only men who speak aloud for fin.
ture times to hear.
| The Greeks had .hci- trolgles, the
| Romans their triumvirs, and we have
our threc-cent pieces.
! The best teacher Of duties that sill,
lie dim to us is the practice of those
| we see and have at hand.
Happiness can bc built on virtue
| SSi w 1,o,
for its foundation.
Talents are hest matlred I'm solitude.
character is best formed in the stormy
billows of the world.
Many a man has been dined out of
his religion, and his politics, and his
manhood, almost.
Happy the man who can conrt on
having every day Of his life a mealy
potato, some loose silver. and a good
laugh.
What admire in Columbus Is not
his having discovered a world, but his
having gone to search for it on the
faith Of an opinion.
Whenever we havo to establish new
relations with any one, let us make an
ample provision or pardon, of indul-
gence and Of kindness.
No man while unhappy can show
forth q true noble manhood. Every.
thing short Of cheer Is medicinal ma
medicine was not made for daily use.
Being sometimes asunder hcightens
Friendship. The greater cause Of, the
frequent quarrels between relatives ia
their being so much together.
No one is so greatly to be feared ma
the man who Is willing to tell you all
ne knows, because the chances are that
he will tell you a great deal more.
If traveller does not meet with one
who is his better or his equal, lot him
firmly keep his solitary Journey; for
there Is no companionship with fools.
The habil cfresolvlng without acting
Is worse than not resolving at all, mas
much as II gradually sundcrs the ,iatur-
al condition between thought and deed.
Every man should reap from his oc- y
cupatton as much pleasure as he can.
and men In congo 1ial occupations have &
little nced to seek beyond them for
amusement. 5ss FfE 93
A man sensitive t6everything that is 1,
Deautiful in nature can have more eli.
joyment In looking up into the sky than
witnessing the best Of plays on the mi-
mic stage. s5
II is a great thing to sec yonna
.nei NV, Mhc mas Inc sHtLeflng prizes of X
snis worla III ms reach, bring all his
flee on the altar Of the Lord, 81
lfyou were as willing to be as pleas
ant an as anxious to please in yoiir
own homo as youaare In tho company
Of your neighbors, you would have tho
happlcst home III the world. 9SI
There Is no lnagnanimity in con- {
science; It is prone to take us at flisad-
vantage. 1t always wields its whip of3
scorpions when the soul is secured ~
outward circumstances. ''ss
w Q are all able to take care OF our
selves IN love affairs when we are yS.unp.
and when we get old we are all conyifl.
ced OF the inability Of other folks lin 9
youth TO look out for themsel Ives.
He who brings ridicuIe to bear
against truth finds In his hand q blade
n = !.