The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-05-31
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

Into the errors Of others.
The builder OF his fortune must pro.
perry use and apply his rule.
An obstinate adheronce to customs
is as turbulent thing as innovation.
Conscience Is the voice of the soul:
the assions are the voice of the body.
A man may learn infldelity from
books and from men, but never from
nature.
without content, we shall lind it al
most as difficult to please others as
ourselves.
They who err out of zeal. THOUGH
they arc not to be approved, should
yet be pitied,
What the moral army needs Just now
ts more rank and file and fewer briga-
dier generals.
1t is not wise to lose a friend to whom
you can DO kindness, or from whom
you can take one.
Very amiable and good natured are
those people who can have their own
way III everything,
lie that does base thing in zeal for
friend, burns the gold thread that
ties their hearts together.
The man Is voted bore who persists
IN talking about himself when YOU
Wish 10 talk about yourself.
They are not the greatest but only
the iittest instruments which perform
business best and quickest.
10 he wise by precept aud wise by
experienced are contrary habits: tha
one sorts not with the other.
Mankind In the gross is a gaping
monster. that loves TO bo deceived, and
has seldom been disappointed.
Genuine modesty is the sense Of inn
perfection common to tho wise and
good impossible to the fool MI villain.
The everlasting longing for some-
thln9 we have not, ought TO satisfy US
that there are great things in store for
us.
The world would be more happy.
the mass OF people in 1t just ~ wise, il
they would whistle more and argue
less.
Low virtues gain the praise Of the
vulgar, ordinary ones astonish them,
but Of the highest they have no feel
in~.
lie who Is wise will pursue some one
ueSlro; for he that affects not one thing
above another, finds all lat and dis
tasteful.
1t Is as important that wo should
nave good books aS that we should keep
&ood company, as the one will make
tho other.
Music Is tho only sensual gratiRci-
tlon which men may indulge III to ex-
cess without injury TO their moro or
religious feelings,
Money and fame are tho two things
that mon work hardest for, and aftor
death, one is worth to then just about
rs much rs tho othor.
rho uiHoruhcc between peIng pcr-
feet and constantly trying to be so, Ia
tue difference between an angel In ilea-
ven and good man OH earth.
There Is nothing that strengthens a
mans honesty so much as trusting
him ; suspect HIM, and you weaken
his faith in himself and in everybody
else.
There Is nothing that has 80 much
authority, and is cntLtlod to so little,
as custom. 1t rules all the fools with
rod of iron. and threatens even tho
wlsn.
Apparent evil so often turns out to
&c positive good, that we should be
very slow TO condemn an occurrences
even though 1t seem to have no cheer
ful s1uG.
Learning without knowlo ]ge is but
bundle Of prejudlCe1; number of
inert matter set before the threshold
of the understanding, to the exclusion
Of common sense.
Winter, which strips the leaves from
around us, makes us see the distant re-
glons they formerly concealed; 60 doe.
OLD age rob ua Of our enjoyments only
to enlarge tho prospect OF the eternity
before us.
1t 10 the temper ofa blade that must
be the proof OF a good sword, and not
tho gliding CT the hilt or the richness
OF the scabbard; so 1t Ia not his gran
deur and possessions that make mun
considerable, but intrinsic merit,
We should always do the best we can
In tho circumstances in which we are
placed, not idly dreaming Of the great
things we would do If they were diff
erent. Those who would do much
| elsewhere accomplish little anywhere.
No one can safely say, 81 Will be on
my guard for the critical moment of
life, but i will not slave myself to
death before 1t comes." Such men
never detect tho decisive period, and
they would not be worthy of it if they
did.
The human heart is like a milestone
IN Il mill when you put tho VIII eat un.
der it, 1t turns and grInds and bruises
the wheat into flour. Ii you put no
wheat in, 1t still grinds on, but then ir
is Itself IL grinds, and slowly wears
away.
When crime weighs heavily we
throw 1t, at hazard, upon other heads;
and when the truth gives it back again
and we are compelled to keep It, we
then reclaim Ii and try to maSo It a
fit subject for pride. This is the lnsC
subleIlu luge of fconscience-.he last evo-
tuition Of crime.
Whoever lie may be, commond us to
the man who has takon delight in
conyersing With antiquity; for, ,wheth-
or Fortune has thrown him Into the
luxurious paths Of the. great, or he has
the dignity of worth, beneath tho low
j. cQtlage thatch, self communion ha,
allied him TO poetry.
Gontjlitv ~ ontther in birth man