The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-05-24
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.


4 Earn estness OF purpose can spring
+ only from strong convictions.
The way of the world Is, to make
laws, but follow customs.
10 get rid Of a bad friend, ask him
, for what you most need. 49,.
Reason Is the test Of ridieuIe-not T.
: rldicule the test of truth.
There Is limit at which forbear-
ance ceases to be a virtue.
Our actions are our own; their con-
sequences belong to Heaven.
Kindness ls the golden chain by
which society Is bound together.
circumstances do not make man
nall so often as clean shirt.
When Is man obliged to keep his
"ordY When no one will take it,
People who converse ut the ton of
their voices are not higL toned.
Trout should never be base ball n,av-
ois. LOO many go out on the fly.
AVold the s!andercr as YOU would a
"ssp.t There is poison In his tale.
Strychnine will cure longevity hut
the remedy Is worse than the disease
Traits Of character which YOU seek to
conceal you had better seek to reform,
Never judge by appearance. A see-
oy coat may cover heart in full bloom.
The gout may said to be beacon on
the rock of luxury to warn us aratnst
1t. 40 "S"'hst
That laughter costs too much which
Is purchased by tho sacrifice of deoen-
cy. o00n
Pedantry consists In the usa Of wordo
unsuitable to the time, place and com
pany. o'N
In virtue and in health we love to ha
Instructed as well as physicked with
! pleasure. A'',
~ mans good broodlng is the best
security against other peoples i'll man
h'le, like the water Of the sea fresh
ens only when 1t ascends towards hea-
ven. ""A"' hoa-
nope ls leaf Of Joy, which NAV be
gold. '''''o"' ''ke
IL is better to improve bv other
peoples errors than to tind fault wifi
them. '''' "i'A
All things are admired either because
Iley are new, or because thew ara
great. ''oS "ro
aenius of the highest kind imnlies
ah unusual intensity Of the modifviny
power. 'A'o'iyins
| liumili lity Is Of all graces the chiefcst
when 1t dosn't know itself to be prano
IN order to look spruce Is not ne---
cessary that you shnni1 our
Study books to h,Iuw 11uw rn,pus
ought to be; study men to know how
things are.
Mercy and truth are met together:
righteousness and peace have kissed
each other.
me road to ruin Is always kept ip
good order, and those who travel r. nav
tho expenses. p"'
Wholo years Of joy glide unperceived
away Wh)le sorrow counts the minutes
as they pass.
MANY youth has ruined limselfbv
forgetting his Identity and trying to be
somebody else. - ~
The whisper of a beautiful woman
can DC heard further than the loudest
yell Of duty, ''%"
There is very little use in MAKING to
aay cloudy because to morrow is like
iy to be stormy.
In memory's mellowed light we be-
hoio not the thorns: we sec ONLY the
beautiful flowers. ''''
"a i'i Iiiat keeps riches and enjoys
| Chcm not, IS like an ass that carrIns
god and eats thistles.
The sublimtty Of wisdom Is to do
tnese things living which are desired
to be when dying. "
1t is no vanity for man to pride
nnnsell ON what he has honestly got
and prudently uses.
Let him who regrets the loss of time
| no. nf
come In the future.
Ideas generate ideas; like potato,
which, cut in pieces, reproduces itself
in multiplied form.
When man speaks the truth Won
may countpretty surely that Ii O nn,ssa'
ses most other virtues.
r'easuro, like quicksilver, Is bright
and shy. If we strive to CRASH # it stii,
oludcs US and still glitters,
Ihat best portion of good mans
llfe-his little, nameless, unremem-
oered acts of kindness and of love.
If you won't listen to reason when
you are young you will get yonr
knuckles raped when you are old.
In the quiet Of the early morning wa
should laden our hearts with kindnass
and good Will, for use during tho dav
10 enuchV0r 20 work upon the yul-
gar with fine sense is like attemptlnr
to hew blocks Of marble with a razor.
DO that which Is right. The respeot
Of mankind will follow; or, If it do
not, you will be able to do Without it..
"rhe book to read," says Dr.. Nc
Gosh, 'is not the one which thinks for
you, but tho one which makes you
think"
Most historians take pleasure is put
ing IN the mouths of princes what
theyhave neither SAID nor ought TO
nave sail.
If you would be known and not
inow, vegetate in village: if Won
would know and not be known, live in
4 city.
Heaven's gates are wide enough to
.dmit every sinner In the un verso
WHO Is pc litent, but too narrow TO ad.