The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-03-15

II there were more wise elders.
shy not, because thou canst not. Il,
everything, 81 will do nothing"
Greatness may build the tomb. but
goodness must make the epitaph.
Better ride on a donkey that carrIes
you than horse that throws you.
flattery is bad sort of mousv. to
winch our vanity gives currency.
lie VINO would acquire fame must
not SNOW himself afraid Of censuro.T
Ten mon fail from defect ~ mor-
ais to one from 4 defect In fntaIIant
- we should know many more things
We oelleVed less In mpossibilittes:
10 secure the greatest amount Of
Happlness IN llfe-enjoy tho present.
He who can at all times sacrit,,e
pressure to duty approaches sublimi
ty.
lie ls the only rich man who Las
has. '" n"' h'
Have your mind In your work, and
you VIII have your work in your
| mind. ''"i
The beauty of the face is an enyiab,e
thlhg Dut the beauty Of the heart lasts
longer. 80 '''' >'N '>''I W
The trouble with many communities
IS, that their dead men refuse to be
buried. 'o>''
lie that cannot forgive Other rs breaks
Cne orldge over which .ho IN list pass
himself. - - '>N''' p"N''
Poverty Is like panther-look It
earnestly In the lace and 1t will turn
from you. ~. ,''A
Man believes THAT to be lie which
colltlad the testimony Of his own
ignorance. ... ~. "'. - - i'7'7@ ."
There Is nothing evil but whati Ia
Wltn.h us; the rest Is either natural or
accidental. :F.t ~ t'-G ,"'"'NtSrS
Those who have little are ALWAYS
ready 70 strike an, average with those
VINO nave much.
Friendship often acts like magne-
tlsn, IN which contrary state attract,
and similar repel. .'e. y , va
meht ~ nfs pans anu then 7,JJeInd m dIs isi1is
energies to WaiJing. ''' s.".
knowledge when in the, possession
70, to iu,Guft Hmiy a dow, mas always been tqfned
The noWcr which we do nottpluckSis
the only one which never loses ,ftts
beau y or its fragrance. ..r zyrxs
-Four things come not back tile ,brok-
and neglected opportunity. ~
1t is unfair to say that man does
good deeds only for effect, mer civ be-
cause he dOea them with elect, '&h
The happiness Of the tender heart4is
increased by what 1t can take aWav
from the wretchodness of others. tA
All the blows we strike should be for
a purpose; every nail should be a rly
ct In the machine of the universe.
An amount of blood equal to the
whole quantity In the body passes
through The heart once in every mln-
ute.
man cannot possess everything
iba Is better than good woman, nor
anything that Is worse than a bad
| one. ..
Great vices arc the proper object, of
or detest tlion-smaller fault,of our
| pity; but affectatiOn appears TO be the
only true source of the ridiculous. ~
| No man has come to true greatness
| what has not folt III some dogree that
| his life belongs to his race, and that
what God gives him he gives him for
mankind .ru
! The very heart and root Of sin is an
independent and selfish spirit. We
erect the.idol self, and not only wish
others to worship it, but we worship it
ourselves. .h
| The smallest motion is Of Importance
III nature the whole substance of the
sea moves when we throw In pebble.
80 IN the life OF grace, the most trihing
action has bearing in It's consequence
es upon the whole. Everything then
Is. s.important. ...-- e.. .a. ap,H
Our popular definition Of a ghost Is
| t,,.t 81 4, L..
one consist Of soul Without body,
while really a spectre, an Illusion, a
humbug of tho eyesight and the touch
is human body not vitallzed through
and through with soul. 49,. -
| The harp holds in Its wires tho pos
stbilities OF noblest chords; yet If they
be not struck, they must hang dull and
useless. SO the mind Is vested with u
hundred powers, that must be smitten
by heavy hand to prove themselves
the offspring of divinity. "4
What difference have we often seen
betWixt our affections al our first
meeting with, and at our parting from
Them? We have entertained them
with sighs and tears, but parted from
them with joy, blessing God tor them
| as the happy instruments OF OursoWn
good. ... .,sgsv
In the decline of life, shame and grief
arc of short duration: whether It be
That we boar easily what we have borne
long, or that, finding ourselyesin ago
less regarded, we loss regard others;
or, that we look with slight regard
upon atll ictlons, to which we know that
the hand OF death is about to sputsan
end, ~, .aall e. &fGrs t$af
When the barbarous practice Of stuff
ng ones guests shall have been abol-
shed as0cial gathering will not me-
cessarily imply hard labor and dyspep-
ia. Perhaps, whom that tlm8arriy6s,
We shall be sufficiently civilized to de-
mand pleasures OF q higher sort True,
the entertainments Will then, In one
sense, beFmore costly, as culture costa
moro than cake, #H,9e%i 8da ':DS$%