The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-03-13
FOOD FOR THOUGHT. .

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IN the exchange Of thought use no
coin but gold and silver.
It is chance that makes brothers, but
tI,<[etlrls that make friends.
Our deeds determine us as much as
we determine our deeds,
Speaking much and speaking to the
point are very different.
You should ask the worlds leave
before you commend yourself.
He who has tho reputation of rising
oarly may sleep till noon.
Gold is either the fortune or the ru,n
OF mankind, according to it's use,
II you wish to remove avarlce YOU
must remove its mother-luxury.
Somebody else will if T don't. This
Is one OF the devils pet proverbs.
Cast 10 dirt into the we'll that has
given water when you were thirsty.
1t Is no point of wisdom in man to
peat his brains about things impossl
AS too long retirement weakons the
mind, 30 too much company dissipates
Trees in the forest may be barren.
but trees IN the garden should be fruit
ful.
Only M inventor knows how to bor-
row, and every man is, or should be-,
MI inventor.
:. The prompt performance OF duty in
the past is the best pledge for future
faithfulness.
It is with happiness ns with watches:
the less complicated the less easily de-
ranged.
There are more fools than sages; and
among the sages there is-more folly
than wisdom.
Keep appointments. Bs on hand at
the hour named. Punctuality is one OF
tho levers to SUCCESS.
True goodness is like the glow-worm.
it shines most when no eyes save those
OF heaven are upon it.
There arc three ways of getting out
OF scrape-write out, back ont, and
the best way IL to keep out.
A man that boards riches and enjoys
them not, is like an ass that carries
gold and eats thiutles.
All praise wrongly directed, or sue.
gested by selfish motives, is an inju-
rious element in society.
The superiority of some mon is merely
local. They are great because their
associates are little.
The disposition to give a CUP of cold
water to disciple is o far no bier prop.
erty than the finest intellect.
The best etiquette for a man Ia not
to boast OF his virtues, and not to show
OFT his power to one weaker than him
self.
A cheerful temper, joined with inno-
cenoe, will make beauty attractive.
knowledge delightful and wit good
A right education is not merely the
reading of many books, but the ability
of making knowledge useful to ourselves
and others.
Opposition is what we want. and
nust have to be good for anything.
Hardship Is tho native soil OF manhood
and self-relianoe.
The perfection of conversation is not
to play regular sonata, but, like the
hollan harp, to await inspiration OF
the passing breeze.
The one serviceable, safe. certain.
attainable quality of
every study ana every pursuit IL the
quality Of attention.
The divine providence of the Lord
operates in the most minute particulars
of tho thoughts and actions OF men.
and thereby it operates universally.
Hoo.o~ .,zl>.s>
truly repents. Then is the dawn of an
everlasting day; then is the beginning
Of that which shall be perfected after
death.
Books are the most discreet of all
friends; they visit us without intrusion,
md, though often rudely put aside,
nre as prompt to serve and please as
ever.
1t Is one thing to love truth, and to
seek it. tor its own sake, and quito
another to welcome as much of it as
tallies with our Impressions and pre-
JUDGES.
The worst Of ingratitude lies not in
the ossihed heart of him who commits
1t; but we findit in tho effect it pro.
1uces on him against whom it was
The moralist says: "Every man is CO.
what he ought to be perpetu-
llly." Then again some men are per.
what they ought to be occa-
If we practice goodness not for the
'ake Of its own intrinsic excellence.
out for tho sake OF gaining some ad.
7antage by 1t, we may be cunning, but
We are not good.
This life is too full of work, OF duty.
md Of pleasure, to be wasted. Ger
'ainly, it is never waate OF time to
meet ones friends, to chat and have
good time with them.
The family man resembles an oyster
N the half-shell. The shell is, known
It home, but the soft-side abroad.
some men carry this resemblance in
heir faces. A great many men have
like oysters.
Real foresight coneists in reserving
'ur own forces. II we labor with
anxiety about the future, we destroy
hat strength which will enable us to
meet the future. If we take more in
iand now than we can do we'll, wo
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