The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-05-03
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

| Love Is l0wliness; on the wedding
ring sparkles no jewel.
State your opinion without apology
The attitude is the main point.
OF all thieves, fools are the worst /;
they rob you of time and temper.
There is no courage but in Innocence
no constancy but in an honest cause.
| The evidence OF true holiness is, ha-
Cred 70, mourning over and fOrsaking
| OF sin.
Men show their character In nothing
| moro clearly than by what they think
| laughable.
Happy Is the man who reverences
all women becau 10 be first learned to
worship his own mother.
You may speak out more plainly to
your associates, but not less courte-
ously than you do to strauSers.
In man or woman the tace and tho
person lose power when they are on
the strain to express admiration.
Many people use their refinements
as a spider his web, to catch the weak
upon, that they may be mersiessly do
vOured.
Friendly letters should be written.
because the words spring sponLane.
ously from tho heart, and not from the
sense Of duty.
Memory is the cabinet Of imagina-
tlon treasury OF reason the registry the
or conscience and the council ch I'M Der
Of thought.
FIJI mness must be united with mild
ness, iorce with tenderness, and vigor
With grace, to form tho most perfect
and lovable character.
Woman is content to build hanni.
ness on any accidental basis that "
DC near on hand; man is for making
world 10 suit his happiness.
The secret method Of arrlyint at a
knowledge OF Gods eternal purp )ses
about us is to be found in the right
use OF the present momen5.
Ii Is not safe to have too MANY irons
In the fire. When man tries TO catch
Two rabbits lie must needs leave ono.
ana Is apt to lose both.
some ono has aptly compared mar
roW.mindod people to small-neoked
ootties, because the less they have in
Cnem, the more noise they make in
pouring it out.
The expectation Of future happiness
ls the best relief for anxious thoughts.
tue most perfect cure for melancho-
~, the guide of lite and the comfort of
death.
wealth IN this world is just so much
baggage to be taken care of but a Gull
tlVaCed Drain is easy TO carry, and Ia
hever-faillng sourcs of profit and
pleasure.
10 protect ones self against the
storms of life marriage with a good
with bad Woman on' It pf9vFes 5fe vFessmpesf sspsst Sst
in the harbor.
None is poor but the mean In mind,
the ttmorous, the weak and unbsliey-
ing; none is wealthy but, the I'll aent
IN soul, who is satisfied and foweth
over.
The man who farms his brains to
their full extent year, alter year and
uoes not believe in occasional follow
ing, will find at last that brains, like
lard, will run out.
True benevolenoe Is more than q
1eedlng; 1t Is principle. IG Ia not a
mere impulse Tor the emotion to dwell
upon buG an important task for the
hand to perform.
1t has been well remarked that zeal
withoutiknowledge. prudence without
courage, and poacefulness without
principle, are very dangerous oombi-
nations of qualities.
Circumstance is 80 odd and 80 cruel
thfhg. 1t iswholly part from tai
ent. Genius will 40 SO little for a
man II ne 40 not know how to seize
or seduce opportunity.
Action is, after all, the main busI-
ness OF our lives-We are to work
while it IS called day." and thought
Is worth nothing unless it lead to and
emDody itself in practice.
Manners are what vex or soothe.
cein1orU or purify, eXalt or debass, b W.
oarlze or refine Us by q constant slea-
uy, unllo;m, tnsenslble operation.
IKE the air we breathe,
1t is difficult to act part long. for
where truth Is not aG the bottom ma
ture will always be endeavuring to re-
turn; and wilt peep out and bcLray it.
self one time or noLher.
1t takes tour things to be gentleman
you must be gentleman in your
principles, gentlemen in your tastes,
a gentleman III your manners, and u
gentleman IN your person.
Liberty is TO the collective b,dv
what health is to every individual
body. Without health no pleasure can
be tasted by man; withouC liberty no
happiness can be enjoyed by society.
good book and good woman arc
excellent Thugs for those who know
how to Justly appreciate their value,
There are men, however, who Judge
OF both from the beauty Of the cover
ing.
The love of CHRIST to man Is not q
theologic dogma, out a real and living
truth. 1t IS not a tenet to be accepted
by the intellect, but a feeling that an
peals to the trusting heart, which
alone can apprehehd It.
There are no arts, no gymnastics, no
cosmetics which can contribute
tithe so much to tho dignity, tho
cnnOb!ing Of a mans looks as Il great
purpose, high determination, a noble
and unquunchaDle cnChusi-
usm.
Persistence is as nccdful to the life
of thought as to that Of acCion. Though
often confounded with ob.tinacy, it is
essentially different. Tue latter is a
dOgmatlc and unreas oning inactlon Of
the mind tho fOrmar ia an aarpnstonI