Labor Is Still, And Ever Will Be,

Necessity, Oftener Than Facility, Has Been The Mother Of Invention; And The Most Prolific School Of All Has Been The School Of Difficulty.

Genius, Without Work, Is Certainly A Dumb Oracle, And It Is Unquestionably True That The Men Of The Highest Genius Have Invariably Been Found To Be Amongst The Most Plodding, Hard-working, And Intent Men -- Their Chief Characteristic Apparently Consisting Simply In Their Power Of Laboring More Intensely And Effectively Than Others.

So Much Does The Moral Health Depend Upon The Moral Atmosphere That Is Breathed, And So Great Is The Influence Daily Exercised By Parents Over Their Children By Living A Life Before Their Eyes, That Perhaps The Best System Of Parental Instruction Might Be Summed Up In These Two Words: 'improve Thyself.'

Help From Without Is Often Enfeebling In Its Effects, But Help From Within Invariably Invigorates.

If Character Be Irrecoverably Lost, Then Indeed There Will Be Nothing Left Worth Saving.