The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-04-26
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

| !He uclecCS OF the mind fnCrease in
old age, like those of the face.
we would many more things If we
pelleved less In impo.sibllities.
| 1t Is In ones power to be successful
II man or woman is tit for work,
Truth Is violated by falsehood. and
1t may be equally outraged by silence.
Death and love are the two thInps
which bear man from earth to heay-
| ell.
Confidence alone Is the atmosphere
IN which all human effort breathes aud
lives.
| Never scoif at roliglen, it is not only
breeding.
Unhappy is the man for whom his
own mothor has not made all others
mothers venerable.
10 be popular is to be endorsed In the
10 u"y anu be forgotten In the to NOR
row.
The epasslon of ofasqulring riches In or
uer 10 support a vain expense corrupt,
the purest souls.
Justice Is like glass, which canuot
oo oent out is oasily broken.
mans fortune should be the ruls
lor MS spartng not spending. Extra-
GagIace Gagg h may DC supported, not j1stl-
IL Is not only arrogant, but 1t is pro-
n's%tc, LOT man to disregard tho
WORLDS opinion Of himself.
10 what good thou oanst unknown
ana oe not vain Of what ought rather
TO be felt than seen.
falth Is reasons tclescope. po,nte,
toward the worlds that shin. bevonI
nc natural sight; 1t is tic bloo n Of the
heart toward God.
Inc only way to escape the contr,l
OF low desires Is to rise above them In
inc love OF better things.
The honest man Is a SUPERIOR iudve
even IN things which seem to have the
least relation to virtue.
we should employ our life In n,aos-
ing others. God loves those who study
TO please their nelghbore,.
The greatest vigor of thouoht or .o,
Is not violent, it breaks no law os
courtesy, 1t Is strong in moral COURAGE.
Modesty is the appendage OF so.
oiteIy. ano Is to chastity, to temp.r-
ance, and to humility, as the frin oes
are 10 garment.
- AAS.@e PiSpCaly COuSClGuCOU can QC-
'ommodAto Itself to whatever p,llows
| the vtcissitudes Of for une may place
under it. p'"''
Men are so made thai, while they
find fault with women for their d.
plicity, they complain still more Of
| their frankness.
-Modcsty Of opinlon fs n very booom
saying that nobody but the TOOL Is
| always right.
There can he but one true fl ,lltv TO
self, and That 10 the fl leltty Of con.
slant purpose to answer tho callsNo,'
| duty and self-sacrjhoe.
Avarico reigns most IN those who
have but few qualities to rec DIN mend
them. This is u W eed that Will grow in
| barren soil.
Man is not Dor n to solve tho prob
lem OF the universe, but 10 find ont
what he has to do; and to restrdln h in-
self within the limits Of his compre-
hcnsion.
10 feol much for others aud little for
ourselves, to restrain our self ,h ani
to indulge our benevolent affections,
constitute tho perfection Of human ma.
ture.
None arc 80 fond Of secrets as those
who 90 not mean to keep them. Such
persons coVet secrets as q spendthrifC
does money, tor the purpose of circula-
tion.
| Life runsn smoothly at all seasons.
| even wlCh tho happiest; but after u
course, tho rocks subside, tho views
| widen, and 1t flo ~s on more luably at
t 10 end.
| AS we'll attempt to seal up the crater
] OF VaSll ViuS ua tn hilo ~ flol
| power OF the SOUL.
Opinion Is the main thing which
does good or harm In the world. 1t is
our false opinion Of things which ruin
| us.
True politness as perfect ease and
freedom. 1t simply consists Of treat
ing others jlst as you love to be treat
ed yourself.
| Motives are bett.r than actions.
Men drift into crime. OF evil thew do
more than they contemplate, and OF
""Hd they contemplate more then they
do.
| it is a 80 ret, we'll known to all great
men, that by conferring an Obligation
| they DO not always procure friend.
tut are certain OF creating many enc
| mics.
| Generosity during life is q very diff
erent thing from generosity in the hour
OF death. One proceeds from genuine
llberality and bene Violence, the other
from pride or fear.
A blush is natures alarm at the ap-
proach Of sin and her Testimony to the
dignity Of virtue; it Is sign whioh
Nature hangs out to show where cha.
stity and honor would dwell.
| Genius that succumbs to misfortune.
chat allows Itself to be biotted by the
slime Of SANDER, and tho other serpent
that infest society, is so muoh the less
genius, for neglect is but tho fl lC to an
undying future.
II our weak, puny hands could reach
up and rend the sun from his throne
tO-uay, then were the same but a little
Ghiug t0TdO. It's the Far-otf, the groat
Unattainablo, ,tnat feeds the pas Sion we
nave for q star.
The cold chain OF life presseth heav-
lly upon some poor weary souls, and
che. .slls OF untrue hearts cog up the
AIR passages OF the world; but some
Sim" the gOl len gate shall be unloosed
| and the iron bands broken down