The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-06-05
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

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The heart of statesman should be in
his head. ~ 80
Jealousy is a secret avowal of our in
feriority.
1t is not death, it is dying, that
alarms one.
The only rose without thorns is
friendship.
The noblest mind the best content
ment has.
revenge converts little right into O
great wrong.
ne who would eat the kernel must
crack the nut. ''
1T isa delightful help merely not to
be hindered. INV W
are the devils.
INK is the black sea on which thought
rides at anchor.
Punctuality is one of the character
istics of politeness.
Unchaste language is the sure index
or an impure heart.
In this wicked world it is usua,ly
safe to be suspicious.
Wealth is not his who makes il. but
his who enjoys it.
1T is easier to take care of a peck Of
iloaS than one woman.
Frequently the curses of men brinu
the blessings of heaven.
Counsel that favors our desires needs
careful watchfulness.
If there were no God it would Ina mn
necessary to invent one.
Women like brave men exceedingly
audaclous men still more.
Imagination is a libertine that dis-
robes everything it covets.
Men whould be saints if thew loved
God as they love women.
Discomfort is the want Of self-re]i-
ance; it is inlirmity of will.
Let not the tongue utter what tho
head will have to pay for.
Without earnestness no man is great
or ever did great things.
Drink nothing without seeing il:
sign nothing without reading it.
a lover has all the virtues and all the
defects that husband has not.
Many men kill themselves for love,
put many more women die of it.
CONSCIENCE is the voice of the soul.
passion IS the voice OF the body.
God has his eye on your heart, and
your tongue cannot deceive him.
Envy turks at the bottom of the
human heart like viper in it's hole.
The most dangerous fattery is the
ln1erlority of those who surround us.
70 persevcre in one's duty and be
silent is the first answer to calumny,
a sunny face-The outward latch
which invites to the home of the heart.
We generally think better Of our
selves than we are willing to acknowl-
edge.
| Tomorrow is not elastic enough I'm
which to press the neglected duties of
to-day.
The most important part of every
business is to know what ought to DO
done.
1t is not what you have in bank, but
what you have in your heart, that
makes you Il man.
The least error should humble, but
we should never permit even the great
| est TO discourage us.
A weak mind is like microscope
| winch magnifes small things, but can
not receive large ones.
| That was a good prescription given
ny pm clan to patient, "Do some
thing for somebody.
When men grow virtuous in their
Old age they are merely making a sacri-
nee to God OF Satan's loavings.
Improve the wit you have bought at
u dear rate, and the wisdom you have
gained by sad experience.
A solid and substantial greatness of
soul looks down with neglect OH the
celsnres and applauses of the multi
tude.
We must be as courteous 70 man
as we are to picture, which we are
willing to give the advantage Of good
light.
Religion hath good influence upon
the people to make them obedient to
government and peaceable one towards
another.
The more an idea is developed, the
more concise becomes it's expressions;
the more a tree is pruned, the better
the fruit.
lie is a good man, people say thought
lessly. They would be more chary OF
such praise if they reflected they could
bestow none higher.
On such as are atfectionately disposed
to become acquainted with Divine and
heavenly wisdom, light shines from
heaven and illuminates their under
standing.
| Glorious indeed is the world Of God
around us, but moro glorious the world
of God within us. There lies the Land
of Song; there lies the poets native
land.
lie who proposes to have decided
influence upon fellow creatures
destiny should remember our complica-
ted relations, for he cannot lay his
strong grasp upon one lifo without be-
coming entangled in the interests of
others.
Nothing quickens the perceptions
| like genuine love. From the humblest
professional attachment to the most
chivalric devotion, what keenness Of
observation Is born under the influence
Of that feeling which drives away the
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