Persons With Comparatively Moderate Powers Will Accomplish

The Great High-road Of Human Welfare Lies Along The Old Highway Of Steadfast Welldoing; And They Who Are The Most Persistent, And Work In The Truest Spirit, Will Invariably Be The Most Successful.

Even Happiness Itself May Become Habitual. There Is A Habit Of Looking At The Bright Side Of Things, And Also Of Looking At The Dark Side. Dr. Johnson Has Said That The Habit Of Looking At The Best Side Of A Thing Is Worth More To A Man Than A Thousand Pounds A Year. And We Possess The Power, To A Great Extent, Of So Exercising The Will As To Direct The Thoughts Upon Objects Calculated To Yield Happiness And Improvement Rather Than Their Opposites.

It Is Observed At Sea That Men Are Never So Much Disposed To Grumble And Mutiny As When Least Employed. Hence An Old Captain, When There Was Nothing Else To Do, Would Issue The Order To "scour The Anchor.

Alexander The Great Valued Learning So Highly, That He Used To Say He Was More Indebted To Aristotle For Giving Him Knowledge Than To His Father Philip For Life.

The Great Leader Attracts To Himself Men Of Kindred Character, Drawing Them Towards Him As The Loadstone Draws Iron.