The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-08-09
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

| lne greatest truths are the simplest
SO are the greatest men. .. ,'a.,
A real spirit should neither court
neglect nor dread to bear it. g.. ~
He who would acquire fame must not
show himself afraid Of censure.
If you have no enemies, it is a sign
that fortune has forgotten you.
Distance sometimes endears friend
ship, and absence sweeteneth it. ..@
He is surely in want of another's pa
tlence who has none of his own. -. usea
If there was no wisdom in the world,
no one would suspect himself of folly.
Truth never wants nm adversary she
goes seldom without scratched face
A man in the path of duty is twice rs
strong to resist temptations rs out Of it.
The manner Of giving shows the cha
racter of the giver more than the gift
itself. ..
Speaking much is sign of vanity: for
he that Is lavish in words is q niggard in
deeds ....... -
A failure establishes only this, that
determination to succeed was not strong
enough.
AS long as our own conscience does
not upbraid us, we need not fear the
criticisms of others.
Hc that does good for goods sake
seeks neither praise nor reward, though
sure of both at last.
He who saves not rs he gets may keep
his nose MI his life to the grindstone
and die not worth groat.
Good and evil are continually striving
within the heart. 1t rests with man as
to which gains tho victory.
He that let's the sun go down upon
ms wrath, and goes angry to bed, is
like to have the devil for his bed-fellow.
He that studies books alone will know
how things ought to be; and he that
studies men will know how things are
a man who can do good with n we'll
filled purse only, is but a tagging follower
i'll the way of bcnevolence and kind
ness
Men are frequently like tea-.the real
drawn out until they have been in hot
water. ''.
How narrow our souls become when
absorbed i'll any present good or ill., 1t
IS only the thought of the future that
makes them great
We are hanging up pictures every day
about the chamber walls of our hearts
that we shall have to look at when we
sit i'll the shadows.
The surest method of arriving at a
knowledge of Gods eternal purpose
about us is to be found in the right use
OF the present moment
It is good thing to know how to ell
JOY tho blessings sent us that we may
therefore not only have them, but have
their intended results.
The business of constancy chiefly is
bravery to stand to and stoutly to suffer
those lnconveniences which are not other
wise possible to be avoided .a
We arc sowing seeds of truth or error,
OF dishonesty or integrity, every day We
live and everywhere wo go, that will
take root i'll somebody's life.
Character is power it makes friends.
crcntes funds, draws patronage and sup
port, and opens Il sure and easy way to
honor, wealth and happiness
When you would indicate tho evil do
ing OF another, be sure that you are not
endenvorlng to make an argument which
shall lit your own case sometime.
Genuine politencss should flow as the
heart dictates and rs nature teaches:
and nature knows no affectntiOn, but q
charming and unstudied simplicity.
The poor old negro preacher was more
thnn half right when he said: "Bredder-
LII, If we could nll see into our own hearts
as God does, it would mos skeer us to
DEATH"
Flowers never emit so sweet and
| strong fragrance az before a storm.
! Bcautcous soul! when storm approaches
| thee be rs fragrant rs sweet-smelling
flower. ...,..!
| Prosperity il more refined and SIM
| ccrc test of character than ndversity, as
one hour of summer sunshine produces
greater corruption than the longest win
ter day. 'ha'%
Wickedness is generally plant of
slow growth, and we rarely find that
| extreme youth is totally devoid of vir-
tues, though it may DO stained with
many vices
In making friends consider well first
md when you are fixed, be true, not
wnvcring of reports, nor dcserting in
affliction, for that becomes not the good
md virtuous.
1t is i'll vain for you to expect, it is
| impudcnt for you to ask, of God forgive
ness on your own behalf, if You refuse
10 exercise thlS 1OrglVlng temper with
| respect to others.
1t was ono Of the maxims of st. Fran
cis do Sales--and good men and women
i'll all lands might well adopt it rs their
motto--that "a judicious silence is al-
ways better than truth spoken without
charity"
| AS mans life, so are his studies. !
| thinklt is the most beautiful and humane
thing in the world SO to mingle gravity
with pleasure that the one may. notisink
into melancholy nor tho other rise up
| into wantonness.
The man who takes his place in this
world, whether to preach in tabernacle
| sing i'll colosseum, on build the waste
places, having clear view Of his work,
settled conviction of duty-who be-
lieves what ho asks others to believe,
and lives what he teaches-yyill f,n1 NJ,