The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-12-21
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

lie ts happy who has conquered lazI-
ness onco and forever.
Ridicule is the weapon of weak minds
invectlve Of shallow ones.
They are never alone that are accom-
panied with noble thoughts.
A judiotous silence is better than
truth spoken without charity.
we must be In eternity before We
can oe secure against change.
Conceived is & passion, great ideas
themselves fructlfy In a calm.
sin has great many tools, but q lie
is handle which fits tn em all.
The Ideal saint Of the young mora
llst IS cut from sappy timber.
No one will dare maintain that It
ID better to 10 Justice than to bear It.
Actions, looks. words, from the
steps by which we may spell charac-
ters.
lie who knows his own lncapaoity
knows something - few men know
that. 0'"
Considering ones own weakness IL
great help to gentlemen dealing with
others.
God is better served In resisting \
temptation to evil than In many formal
prayers.
When young man has learned 20
walt, he has mastered the hardest ies-
son In his life. .|.0I
AS the prickltest leaves are the lri-
est, 80 the pertest fellows are generally
the most barren.
God hears no more than the heart
speaks; and If the heart Is dumb. God
will certainly be deaf.
Every man throws OH his surround
ings the sunshine Or tho shadow that
exists In his own soul.
No place, no company, no age, no
person Is temptation free. Let no mar
boast that he Is free.
The most matured and happy Chrts
tlans are, for the most part, those who
early come TO tho Saviour.
Heaven made virtue man the ap-
earahce-and, very naturally, man
prefers his own invention.
A devout thought, a plous desiro. q
molly purpose, Is better than great ey.
tate or all earthly kingdom.
Tomorrow In this life may take caro-
OF Itself, but Tomorrow in the Great
Beyond must be provided for.
10 attain long life-love nothing too
violently: hate nothing too passionate-
iyi fear nothing too strongly.
Moderation Is the father of health.
oheertulness, and old age. Excess has
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It.
1t is strange how soon, whom great
man dies, his place Is filed; and SO COM
pieteiy that he seems no longer want
eu.
God Is a sure paymaster. He may not =
pay at tho end of the week, month or
year; Dut remember he pays In the
end.
The time for reasoning is, before We
have approached near enough to the
forbidden fruit to look at 1t and ad-
mire.
You may shrink from the far.re-
searching solitudes Of Your heart, but
no other foot than yours can tread
them.
A wise man ought to hope for tho
best, be prepared for the worst, and
bear with equanimity whatever may
happen.
A doubter Is very like weather.
COCK, he ts veered around with every
passing breeze, be lta zephyr or
Thore are two stars which rlso and
set with mon, and whose beneficial
rays encircle him, VIZ, hope and re-
Tears are the gift which love be-
Slows upon the memory OF the absent,
md they will avail to keep the heart
from sudooation.
Things that will wear are not to be
lad cheap. Whether 1t be a fabric or
principle, II ID Is to endure, 1t must
cost something.
or all the actions Of mans life hIs
marriage does least concern other peo-
pie, yet Of all the actions of our lifo It.
$ most meddled with by other people.
Flattery is the hocus-pocus nonsense
Win which our ears are sometlnes Ca
oted, IN order that we may be more
bamboozled and deceived.
Mere immensity Of size always az
'0unds, but our wonder at the vast re-.
suits accomplished by comparatively
small means remains the longest with
ID.
Wisdom is better than riches. Wis
lom guards thee, but thou must guard
ny riches. Riches diminish Ia the
'aing; but wisdom Increases In the use
# It.
A man has no right to OCCUPY suoh
ligh moral grounds that ne Is COZ"
family 80 far above his fellows thar
le can be OF no earthly assistance to
hem.
There is some help for all the defeots
f fortune; for II q man cannot attain
the length of his wishes. he may
ave bis remedy by cutting OF them
hUrter.
A pretty answer was given by a little
cotch girl. When her GLASS was OK
mined, she replied to the question.
What is patience ?" "Wait wee,
nd dinna weary"
1t is not given to all mortals to be al.
Ways wise. III there be thooo whose
oily has never appeared" .'says Ia
cit is DeoIuse 1t has
lever been closely LOOKED tor"
While ten men watch for chances,
me man makes chances; while ton
non va for something 70 turn up;
ne turns something up; 40,