The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-06-21
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

| Whoever learns to stand alone must
learn to fall alone.
A truth that one does not nderstand
becomes All error.
Beware of him who hates the laugh
Of child or children.
If you'd would never have an evil
deed spoken of In connection with YOU.
don't do one.
The boam Of the benevolent eva
giveth value to the bounty which the
hand dispenses. ~
me divinity Of charity conslsts IN
renewing mans needs before thew ara
forced upon us:
1t Is no vanity for a man to nr,da
himself on what he has honestly cot
and prudently uses. NV
A great part Of our existence servea
no other purpose than that of enablln~
us to enjoy the rest.
feople 40 not need to know more
ABOUT virtue, but rather to uraotica
what they already know.
The idle should not be classod
among the living; they are sort of
"eao men that can't be buried.
Never does a man portray bis ow,
character so vivtdly as In his mannar
OF portraying another's.
Wicked men stumble over straw IN
the way to heaven, but climb ovar h,iIa
IN the way to destruction.
The application Of common sense IN
.i"ICers Oh Dellef or business is alwavs
our pest guide and monitor.
ihCelilgence tests ignorance and
,iS Wisuom tests tollies. But who are the
intelligent and who are the wiser
IL there Is any person to wh6m vou
leel a dislike, that is the person n
"hom you ought never to speak.
Let wickodness escape "a r. nav a.
'he Dar, 1t never fails of dong imst,ca
his own hangman. P01'"A 10
L cannot praise a fugitive and clo,s..
terca virtue, unexe eroised and M
preaChed, chat never sallies ont and
sees her adversary. ' ""0
1t Is possible to speak without belIov-
'mg, put 1t Is poor speaking; it is nos-
slhle TO believe without speaking. but
1t Is poor believing. ""'
In cuT searches after truth Inquire
ior the ola way, the wells whloh our
~ a:tors 4.rs, 9,ggeo, which the adversiti aar
Vi truth have stopped up. T.
Hospitality to the rich and cbari4
10 the poor, are two virtues that ~
accompany accom- oMeyo.sen ssoh SO oths well as when
He Is our neighbor who ndeds and
can receive our nnsghborly helB, even II
we are connected by no earthly tie. like
THAT OF Kindred or Of country!
What folly to dread the tliougbt of
throwing away life at once, and vet
nave no regard to throwing It awav
by parcels and ptecemeal.
AS the shadow follows the body IN
the splendor OF the fairest sunlight
so VIII the wrong done another bur-
sue the soul In prosperity.
The man who lives as he ought 70
live Ia sure to die as he ought 70 ,]io
whether his death be inst antaneons'
or Tho close of long decline.
Whatever business you have do r.
tue first moment you can: never hv
halves but finish it without tnterrun.
ton, If such thing ls possible.
The wisest man may be wiser to.dav
t,lan nc was yesterday, and tomorrow
man he Is to-day. Total freedom from
chahge docs not imply total freedom
from error.
a beneficent person Is like q foun-
tain watering the earth and spreading
icrClllty; 1t Is, therefore, moro delipht,
iul ana more honorable to give than
to receive.
If thou wouldst conquer thy weak
ness, thou must never CRAFTY It. No
man 1s compelled to evil; his consent
only makes 1t his. It is no sin to he
tempted, but to be overcome.
a famous English moralist saws
that he would be virtuous for his own
sake, though nobody were to know If.
rs he would be clean for his own sake.
though nobody were to see him.
Those who ask In this life for work
or diversion only, are sure to find
IL. But woe to him who owns to a
soul 1T is the thing that least
OF all finds employment in this world.
Don't covet the POSSESSIONS Of anv
man until you are willing to paw for
hem the price which he paid; then
you will not need to oovet them
for you can 60 and got them for your
solf.
While many admit the abstract
probability that a falsity has usually
nucleus Of reality, few bear this
abstract probability In mind when
passing Judgement on the opinion of
others.
This world is so large, 50 full of
| good things, and there are 80 many
| avenues to prosperity for every man
to walk In, that no excuse can be
given for being envlous Of another's
| success.
Every man ought to strive to draw
| lessons from what he sees and hears.
Like the bee gathering honey from
the flowers. we should gather wis
dom to all which the mind oan
light on.
The health Of tho soul is as precar-
ious as that OF the body; for when we
seem secure from passions, we are no
less In danger of their Infection than
we are of falling Ill when we appear
to be well.
In cases Of doubtful morality, It Ia
usual to say: "Is there any harm In