The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-02-10
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.


Modesty is to worth what shadows are
IN paintings; she gives it strength and
relief.
Moderation is the silken string run.
ming through the pearl chain OF all vir.
tues.
The love of glory can only create
hero; the contempt Of it creates great.
or man.
Next to an effeminate man there is
nothing 30 disagreeable as manntsh
woman.
Slumber not In tho tents of your col.
ums. The world is advancing, advance
with 1t.
| Nature goes on her own-Way; all that
10 us seems an exception, is really &C.
cordlng to order.
Ihe mind is like trunk. Well pack.
ed 1t holds almost everything; If i'll
packed next to nothing.
Lake your stand by the altar of truth
and be not led Or driven thence by
sophistry or by ridicule.
| & 'mnlon sense docs not ask an imnos,
slble chessboard, but takes the one be.
torc 1t and plays the game.
BE courageous and noble-minded. our
|
Oh us, forms our true honor.
We think our civilization is noar ;ts
meridian, but we are yet only ut the
COOK Growing and the morning star.
| Nothing makes the world seem 40
spacious as to have friends at q distanco.
they make the latitudes and longitudes.
| Bad habits arc the thistles of tho
heart, and every indulgence Of thom is
sen irom which will come forth a CROP
of rank weeds.
Tho moro methods there arc in n state
tor acquiring riches without industry
or merit, the less there will be of other
| III that state.
A man OF letters is often n man with
two nutures--one a book nature tho
other human nature. These often
clash sadly.
Ii we cultivate home friendships with
Zig "ssIduuty that we give to those out
side, they will yield us even richer and
fnlrer returns.
Ohe trade Is respectable above ano,h-
or only Ill consequence Of the superior
respcctabillty of the class of mon en-.
gaging III it.
fleasllro may DO aptly compared to
many very great books, which increase
IN real value III the proportion they are
There were meyer in tho world two
opinions alike, no moro than two hairs
OF two grains. The most universal
quality is diversity.
Ola "ge is the night of lire, rs night
Is tho old age of day. Still, night is
tull OF magnihcence; and, for man, it is
moro brilliant than the day.
Employment, which Gallon calls "nn-
t!res physician" is SO essential to hu-
man happiness that indolenco is Justly
considered ns the mother of misery.
To think properly ono must think
lndepond sntl y. candidIy, and consocu-
lively, only i'll this way can n tram OF
reasoning be conducted succossively.
Character is not cut in marble-it ia
not something solid and unnlternble
1t is something living and changing.
| and may become discussed us our bottles
do,
There mover did, and never will. OK
/ lst anything permanently noble and
| cxcellont III character which is q stran
ger to the exercises OF rcsolute self
lenial.
lie that waits for al opportunity t.
40 mnoh at once may breathe out h,s
llfo III idle wishes, and regret, in the
last hour. his useless intentions md
barren zeal.
LAX TO womon rs much as you can.
This is tho best school. It is the wov
to gain fluency, because you need not
care what you say, and had better not
he sensible.
Nothing 30 increases reverence for
others as n great sorrow to ones self,
1t teaches one tho depths Of human
nature. In happiness we arc shallow
and doom others 20.
We often wonder that our mon Of
| wealth do pot give more subjects of M.
tive interest to our artists, and trv to
I'LL their walls with more or the rlches
of our own rivcrs, lakes. wales and
mountains.
1t is manifest that the life of charity
toward the neighbor, which consists in
doing what ls just and right III all our
dealings and occupations, leads to
heaven; but not life OF pioty without
charity,
The Christian faith is grand cathe-
draJ, with divinely pictured windows.
StauolHB WltnOut, you 500 no glory,
nor can possibly imagine any; standing
within. every ray reveals harmony of
unspeakable splendor.
Under the laws OF Providence. life is
n probation; probation is succession
of temptations, temptations are emer-
gencics, and for emergencies we need
the preparation and the safeguard of
prayer.
The wise man has his folllos no less
than the fool; but 1t has been said that
herein lies tho 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.
The use of proverbs is characteristic
Of OH unlettered people. The common
sense Of the lower casses is condensed
into these terse and convenient phrases.
and they pass from hand to hand as tho
pence and farthings of conversation,
They are invaluable treasures to ounces
with good memories. They give q
semblance Of wit to the speech Of the
dull. ,m0
Tho best things, both in this life anu
i :.