West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1880-04-03
NO. 80.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.
Observe good manners.

Watch carefully over your passions.
Sacrifice money rather than prlnel-
pie.
Abuse is an indirect species OF hom-
age.
'Ntcnd to every one kindly saluti-
tion.
He that never thinks can never be
| wise.
Use your leisure time for improve
mont.
Venture not upon the threshold OF
wrong.
No wise man ever yet wished TO bo
younger.
Self reliance is quite distinct from
selt-assurauce.
Seek not TO please the world, but your
own conscience.
Touch not, taste not. handle not in
| toNjcating drinks.
The heart ought to give charity when
/ the hand cannot.
| Whoever learns TO stand alone must
! learn 90 fail alone.
Youth should be patient. because the
| future lies before 1t.
/ \ fclou ON the hand Is worse than
/ two IN the penitchtiary.
IL Is good thing to learn caution bv
| the misfortune OF others.
Nothing l. moro dangerous than a
/ friend without discretion.
! When man Is wrong and wont adj
NIT Il, he always gets angry.
a man of numerous desires is of all
beings the most independent.
Kindness is the golden chain bv
which society Is bound together.
lie who waits at the gates of by-and-
l.Nr stta fs,a "A A. A.
IL is to live twice when YOU can enjoy
che recollection of your former life
Never trouble yourself with tribes,
and soon all trouble will appear trife.
y sweet temper is to the household
what sunshine Is To trees and flowers.
Those who trample on the helpless
are disposed TO cringe to the powerful.
On the heel of folly treadeth shame;
at tho back of anger standeth remorse.
1t Is hard To respect old ago when we
get sold on venerable pair of chickens.
Those "llttle bills" will not grow any
smaller by filing them away--unpaid.
a scolding woman, like train con-
ductor Is pretty much always on the
rail.
Account him thy reul friend who de-
slrcs thy good, rather than thy good
will.
Acts, looks, words, steps, from tho
alphabet by which you may spell char
actcr.
lie that speaks tho truth Will Had
himself In sufficiently dramatic situa-
tions.
As thrashIng separates the wheat
from the chaR, 80 does alllction purify
virtue.
He that has never known adversely
Is but half acquainted with others or
with himself.
1t Is better to accomplish perfectly a
very small amount than TO half-do ten
times as much.
AdVersity does not take from US true
friends, H. only dispels those who pre-
tend to be such.
There cannot be n greater tTeachery
than first 10 raise IA confidence, and
then deceive II.
Harsh counscls have no effect: they
are like hammers which are always re-
pulsed by the anvil.
Pay as you 20. man OF honor re-
spects his word rs he docs his bond.
ASK, but never beg.
The flower which we do not pluck is
the only one which never loses Its
beauty or fragrance.
Despair and postponement are cow
ardice and defeat Men were bern 70
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 veneratlon
the starry universe around US, and
the law OF duty within.
ImpOliteness Is derived from two
ga. IL.
contempt for the human.
Most men take conviction from an ad-
ycrsary as children do physiO, with a
struggle and a shuddcr.
Some write, talk, and think so much
about VICE and virtue, that they have
no time 20 practice either.
When man dies men inquire what
hc has left behind him; ANGELS inquire
what be has sent before HIM.
Many men claim 20 be firm In their
principles, when, really, they are only
obstinate iu their preiudices.
They that will not be cOunseled. can
not Boz helped. ~ you do not hear rea-
son, she VIII rap your kuuCkle5.
a good deed is rover lost; he who
sow- courtesy rotps friendship, and he
who plants kindness gathers love.
Whenever there Is Gckleness you may
say with truth to him who is charac-
tCrIzed by DO, "Ihou shalt not excel"
Chrcruluc-s makes the mind clearer.
gives tone tO thc thoughts and sd0s
grace and beauty 90 the cOuutcnance.
words are good, but there Is some
thing that is even better. The best Is
not to- be explained by words Tho
pirit ln which we act is tlIc chief mat
ter.
Venture not into tho company OF
those who arc infected with the
plague; no, not even though th0u
thinkest thysclf guarded with an anti
dOtc.
a great many men die bcggars 10y not
! Improving the tlmC they spend in wish
! ing that their rich neighbours shekols
/ we're theirs.
Religion finds the love of happiness
/ and the principles Of duty separated iu
us; and tts mission, its masterpiece, IS
t0 rcunite them.
The temperate are the most truly
| lux 'ous. BY abstaining from most
things, it Is surprising how many