The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-04-12
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.
No legacy so rich as honesty.

not rule, but the private heart.
; Life is comedy to him who thinks
ana tragedy to him who feels.
} lie who can take advice ia sometime,
J superior to him who can give it.
man owes his success in his ,,fe
Wolk 70 the woman who walks beside
him, "''''e
Painting Is the intermediate so,ne.
thing between thought and a thing
DIVINE vengeance comes witt, feet
of lead, but strikes with the hand of
iron. '"- u
Tho sweetest thing on earth Is little
chlld when 1t has lea rned t. know and
love. '" al"
Bodily enjoyment depends upon good
nealth' ana health depends upon tam.
perance.
knowledge will always predomlnato
ovcl ignorance, as mtn governs the
other animals.
Few thingsain this world are useless
none indeed, but what are Of mans
| own invention.
"A wise man, when he rises In the
morning, little knows what he may do
before night.
a little less money and little moro
Soou CHARACTER would Improve hosts OF
people vastly.
Human life Is everywhere a state In
Hn,cti much is to be endured, and
little to be enjoyed,
Oar best inten tions, oven when thev
nave peen most prudently form I'D, fail
often In their issue.
an Ola and tried friend Is the best
Hthu OF mirror for n man who wants TO
Nlo" eX tctty how he looks.
..I Inere ls an old proverb which runs:
aeii everybody your business and che
ueVll Will do it for you"
Mon may second fortune, but thev
canhot th wart her; th,y nav weave
uei "eo' out they canno, break It..
rar happier arc they who alwav,
Nnow what they nave to Ito, than thov
10 NV n"'o 70 oetermlne what they will
After friendship and loyo coma he.
nevolence and that compas,ion wh,"h
unites Che soul to the untortunata
, mere IS no truth, however pure, and
however sacred, upon which talsano
cannot fasten, and ingraft Itself tharn.
In. ''Ao'o-
Aeep close to your friends and far
away from your enemies and YOU will
never nave co indulge In the luxIr of
aqnarrel. -
IL may be doubted whether thers
over was greatness Of character whioh
hau not Deen nurtured in the acbool of
great all .ction.
Peace: a diamond among tbe pemo oe
language; a word 80 ohelce and rioh
IN lts signihcanoe that In lt,olf alone
lC ls benedlction.
Ihoso who openly confess tbe truth
ana cheerfully suffer for 1t. must havs
oelievlng spirit, and firm hold unon
Invisible realities.
require that tho poem should Inn
press me, so that after have shut tho
oook IL shall rocall me to Itself. or that
passages of 1t should.
What Solon said of individuals. that
no one could truly be called hapnv tiII
ms !ite had terminated in a hanpv
ue 'th, holds equally true of families.
SUCK to ono thing until 1t ia done.
ana done we'll. The man who chases
Two mares not only loaves one or them.
o'lt IL pretty sure to lose the other
also. 0'N'A
1ou ought not to ask odds of anv
one. Like blOodcd horse all vol
nave right to demand is to be nnt
even On the whif1l ,trees. After that
snG" your mettle.
Ihedevil ought to havo his due. He Ia
a GOOD paymastor. He never forgscs a
ueot ana never pays In money that is
az dlscount. There are no dollars IN
his Golfers. '''
That which Is called good companv
mas lou many man to place which
u Is not considered decorous to men
Iloh Deiore 'ears pollte," Is u oom-
nioi' anu, therefore, the more an awful
truth. A A"A
There are two ways Of happiness
open 10 every LII IN. Ole Is to get .r-
rleo, the other not TO.
The youth who leaves off his OVER
coat TO enjoy balmy sprlng Is hello.
INK pay Oh ohe mortgage on his doc
we nave way Of comparing our
serves with those who are W )rss than
"o are ourselves, not wlGh those wno
az peCler. Ia this way we learn to
mink ourselves better thln m,n VIII
average.
Providence has arranged an admir-.
ao'e system or compensation in the
distribution o. talents aud instInnts.
30 That, as In the rule OF three. the
pro:uct or the extremes or belief eauals
that OF the middle terms,
Lite's lessons are cuG and oarved n,
INN - lhanlnate--seen in the lea and
no "er, painted on the landscape, ohal.
tcd III the m.rmurin2 brook, heard In
tho Viewiess wind, revealed in g pass.
ing cloud OF fitting shadow.
Man Of all ages is selfish animal.
anu unreasonable In his seIhshness. IG
lakes every one OF US In turn, manv y
shreWd 1all, in our wrestlinxs with the
World, TO convince Us that we are n0L
20 nave everything our own way.
People talk a vast deal about genius.
but we have noticed that the greatest
goniusrs are men who DO the hardssL
work, anu 80 we are Inclined to think
that hard work and genius are very
muoh the same thing under different
names. ..
The first cigar which boy smokes
teaches him more about true inward.
ness tnan all The metaphysics OF after
years.
A little boy, whose sisters must have
been compelled to make shirts at eight
cents eacn, when questioned as to nis