The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-26
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

thnn vicious horse
Character would be impossible were
there no temptation.
The strongest natures are tho tender
est and most pitifll.
We must learn to infuse sublimity into
trifies. That is power.
Put no faith III the remorso of u wo-
man who talks about it.
Even the weakest man is strong enough
to enforce his conviction.
friend should bear with friends
lntirmities but not his vices.
A character which will not defend it.
self is rarely worth defending.
Great works are performed, not by
strength, but by perseverance.
Poverty may excuse shabby coat but
it is no excuse for shabby morals.
a sharp tongue is the only edged tool
that grows keencr with constant use.
a person often repcnts of talking too
much, but seldom of saying too little.
Strength with men is inscnsibility,
greatness is pride, and camncss indiller-
encc.
If you would never have an evil deed
spoken of i'll connection with You, don't
do one.
In ourselves rather than in material
mature, lie the true source and life of tho
beautiful.
"A man who cannot mind his own bust
ness is not to be trusted with the kings.
--,N0HriWc.
Rest that is permanent, is not to be
expected on the road, but ut the end of
the journey.
Making n joke is like throwing top.
If it doesn't come down on it's point it
will not spin.
Grant graciously what You cannot re-
flso safely, and concili,.tc those you
cannot conquer.
We polish marble, moi clay. IF ono
would be IL polished gentleman ho must
have solidity.
Live on what You have; live if you
can on less: do not borrow, for vanity
will end i'll shame.
When one man has prejudice against
| another suspicion is very busy in coin
| ing resemblances.
The most delicate, the most sensible
of NIL pleasures consists in promoting The
pleasures of others.
Air md scandal are much alike ; tho
oftcncr they arc lrenthed tho more
| polSolouS tley DccOnc.
Life is short day; but it is working
day. Activity may lead to evil, but in
| "nti";+. """""t l""I +o good
4 man is made rich by what he loses,
just rs n tree is fcrtilizcd by it's own dead
leaves and broken branches.
Some conccitcd folk think they fill
large space in the public eye when in
! reality it is all in their own.
TO cndcnvor to work upon the vulgar
with tino sonse is like attempting to hew
IL block of marble with razor.
Happiness is like sunbeam, which
the least shadow intcrccpts, while adver-
sity is often rs the rain of spring.
DO that which is right. Tho respect
Of mankind will follow; or, if it do not,
you will be able to do without it.
1t is foolish to gricvo over what can't
be helped and still more foolish, because
needless, to grieve over what cnn be.
| How independent of money pence of
conscience is, and how much happiness
can be condensed in the humblcst home.
| If your wife is small Of stature you
have this philosophic consolation, viz,
that of I'LL tho evils you have chosen tho
least.
He who is false to present duty breaks
q thread in the loop and will find tho
flaw when he may have forgotten its
cansc.
A wise man ought to hope for the
best, be prepared for tho worst, and
bear with cqiianimity whatever may
happen.
If it be true that ca mind quite Va
cant is mind distressed" there are n
great many people in the world who
suffer terribly.
Flattcry is the hocus-pocus nonsense
with which our ears are cajoled, in order
that we may be more oilcctunlly bam-
boozlcd and deceived.
When n man produces thousand and
one vehement arguments to prove that
he is innocent, your verdict ought to bo
"Not guilty; but he mustn't do it
again"
Of all tho actions of mans life, his
marriage does least concern other poo
pie, yet of all tho actions of our lives
it is the most mcddled with by other
people.
There arc thrco kinds of people in tho
world-the wills the wont's and cant's
The first accomplish everything; the Sc
cond oppose everything, the third fnil in
everything.
Poets and philosophers have tried to
define happiness, but whom you get
down to the foundation Of things it con-
sists of finc house and an abundance
of six per conts.
If you have made mistake don't think
it u condcscension to apologize. The
true gentleman is always ready to rectify
" blundcr. Only the mule bites with
one end and kicks with the other.
Tho dcadlicst foe to mans longevity
is m unnatural and unreast nable excite
mcnt. Every man is born with certain
stock of vitality, which cannot be in
creased, but which may bo husbanded
or expended rapidly, as hc deems best.
Within certain limits, ho has his
choice to live fast or slow, to live abste-
miously or intensely; to draw his little