Character Is Itself A Fortune.

A Fig-tree Looking On A Fig-tree Becometh Fruitful," Says The Arabian Proverb. And So It Is With Children; Their First Great Instructor Is Example.

It Is A Grand Old Name, That Of Gentleman, And Has Been Recognized As A Rank And Power In All Stages Of Society. To Possess This Character Is A Dignity Of Itself, Commanding The Instinctive Homage Of Every Generous Mind, And Those Who Will Not Bow To Titular Rank Will Yet Do Homage To The Gentleman. His Qualities Depend Not Upon Fashion Or Manners, But Upon Moral Worth; Not On Personal Possessions, But On Personal Qualities.

Conscience Is That Peculiar Faculty Of The Soul Which May Be Called The Religious Instinct.

Purposes, Like Eggs, Unless They Be Hatched Into Action, Will Run Into Rottenness.

The Possession Of A Library, Or The Free Use Of It, No More Constitutes Learning, Than The Possession Of Wealth Constitutes Generosity.