The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-10
ROOD FOR THoUaHr.

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Truth is as impossible 10 be soiled
ny any outward touch ais the sunbeam.
All the good maxims which are In the
world fall when applied to ones self.
Hard workers are usually hon,at
industry Lifts them, above Temptation.
70 be really and truly indepe ndent
ls 10 support ourselves by our own OK
borrowed thoughts, like borrowed
money, only show the poverty of The
borrower,
Talking and eloduence are NOT the
same; to speak, and to speak Well. are are
two things. - e5it 'S' - - =
We walk upon the yeroa 81 two
worlds; at our feet lies the yery grave
THAT awaits uB.
In character, in manners. in stvle
IN nli things, the supreme excellence ~
simplicity. o0 - ~
Zeal without humility is like n sh;n
without a rudder, liable to be atran.Iaf
at any moment. 80 o"
5hough we travel the world over to
LII lina beautiful, we must carry it with us :.
have sought repose eyervwbero
ana have only found it in q littIs cornar
with little book. w 'o o"'- o'"t'o'
We ought not TO judge of mana
inoItts ny his qualifications but by the
use he makes OF them. = ~ 'N'
Ihere Is no area in which vanity dis.
plays itself under suoh o variety os
forms as III conversation.
Ihat man comes off with honor who
governs his resentments instead ~
oelng governed by them.
we are so used to disguise ourselves
70 Others, that at last we become dis.
gulsed even to ourselves.
~ oares ares are often more difficult to throw
~: ~ than sorrows; the latter die with
''mo' ehe former grow upon it.
Bashfulness may sometimes exoluda
pleasure, but seldom or ever opens anv
avenue Tor sorrow or remorse.
Attrition is to the stone what oood
influences are to the man: both pol;sS
"nlie they reveal hidden beauties.
The parent who would train mn
ohlld III the way he SRould 20. must 90
'he way he would train up his child in.
=, heiauons are people who imagine
tney have q right to rob you If you are
rloh' and to insult you if you are poor.
VI all amusements that oan possible
De imagined for working man. after
oally toll there is nothing like reading.
moahss ms Il dal Aiyg iyA9 .2. aets the
own.
We often excuse our own want of phi.
lanthrophy by giving the name of ia
natioisn to the mors ardent yea, of
others. t3, faf
Ask often, in your hours of bustle.
where is the heart .now2 They only
are too busy who forget God in their
business.
The more we have to read the moro
we have learned, the more we have
meditated the better conditioned we
are to affirm that we know nothing.
It is every mans duty to labor in his
calling, and not to despond tcr any
miscarriage or disappointments that
were not III his own power to prevent.
Our lives are like some complicated
machine, working on one side OF q wall
and delivering the finished fabric on
the other. The work is in our hands,
the completion is not.
Man is, beyond dispute, the most
excellent of creature beings. aud the
vAlest animal is q dog: but the sages
agree that grateful dog Is better than
an ungrateful man.
False happiness renders men stern
and proud, and that happiness is never
communicated. True happiness rem
ders them kind and sensible, and that
happiness is always shared.
Our life experiences, whether sad or
Joyful, should be fertilizers to q larger
aud stronger growth of charaorer, as
the dead leaves Of trees stimulates them
from yoar to year to higher and nobler
proportions.
He who is great when he falls is great
IN his prostration, and is no more an
object OF contempt thau when men
tread on tho ruins OF sacred buildings.
which mon OF piety venerate no less
than If they stood.
Ii Is foolish to strive with what we
cannot avoid; we are born SUBJECTS,
and to obey God is perfect liberty; he
that does this shall be FREQ, safe and
NuAop1 t%AA AAo "oVAOub bIltl4 buCCSSU W
his wishes,
God planted fear IN the soul as truly
as he planted hope and courage. Fear
Is kind Of bell or gong wnioh rings
the mind into quick life and avoidance
upon the approach of danger. It is the
souls signal for rallying. 5.
The scorn which is really kindly and
appreciatiye, tells much more effectively
than the scorn which 10 purely con-
temptuous. Who you can afford frankly
to praise-as you praise q child--there
is no danger OF returning to adore.
The wise man has his follies, no less
than the fool; but 1t has been said that
herein lies the difference ---the follies OF
the fool are known to the world. but
are hidden from himself; the follies Of
the wise man are known to himself: but
are hidden from the world !; J,j3
The less you leave B your children
when you die, the more they will have
twenty years afterwards. u Wealth In.
herlted should be the incentive to ex-
ertion. Instead of thet sit is the title
deed to sloth.Ds The only money that
does o man good is what The earns
himself. A ready. made fortune, like
ready made CLOTHES, seldom lfits the
man who comes into possession. AM
4 bition stimuli tied bY ,1o op8s and q half