I like the fine extravagance of that philosopher who declared that "No man is as rich as all men ought to be."-WHIPPLE.

I love to lose myself in other men's minds.-LAMB.

I prefer liberty with all its evil to despotism with all its good.-W. T. MOORE.

I was never afraid of failure, for I would sooner fail than not be among the best.-Keats.

I wasted time and now time doth waste me.

-RICHARD II.

I will oblige my daughters to marry for love.

-MADAME DE STAEL.

I would keep better hours, if I were a boy again; that is I would go to bed earlier than most boys do.

-JAMES FIELDS.

Ideas are the greatest warriors of the world.

-GARFIELD.

Ideas must work through the brains and the arms of good and brave men, or they are no better than dreams.-EMERSON.

Idleness wastes a fortune in half the time that industry makes it.-SMILES.

If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.-FRANKLIN.

If a man is unhappy, this must be his own fault; for God made him to be happy.-EPICTETUS.

"If business is worth having, it is worth going after." If geniuses are born, as we sometimes hear, they must yet be born again of study, struggle and work.

-HORACE BUSHNELL.

If God did not exist, it would behoove man to invent him.-ROBESPIERRE.

"If he can" should only be thought of after an unavoidable defeat.-U. S. GRANT.

If I am building a mountain and stop before the last basketful of earth is placed on the summit I have failed. -CONFUCIUS.

If I take care of my character, my reputation will take care of itself.-D. L. MOODY.

If it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it.-MARCUS AURELIUS.

If telegraphic messages can be sent around the world, what is impossible?-CHAS. AUSTIN BATES.

"If the Lord intended man to grunt he would doubtless have equipped the hog differently."

If the power to do hard work is not a talent it is the best possible substitute for it.-GARFIELD.

If thou art a man, admire those who attempt great enterprises, even though they fail.-SENECA.

If thou do ill, the joy fades, not the pains;
If well, the pain doth fail, the joy remains.

-GEORGE HERBERT.

If thy heart fail thee, climb not at all.

-QUEEN ELIZABETH.

If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces.—SHAKESPEARE.

If we call the roll of the sons of greatness and influence we shall see that they are also the sons of self-sacrifice. -NEWELL D. HILLIS.

If we did but know how little some enjoy the great things that they possess, there would not be much envy in the world.-YOUNG.

If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he read.-EMERSON.

If we follow the truth it will bring us out safe at last. -EMERSON.

If we have but the right mind, all things, even those which hurt, help us.-SPALDING.

If we succeed in acquiring the love of learning, the learning itself is sure to follow.-SIR JOHN LUBBOCK.

If you always live with those who are lame, you will yourself learn to limp.-Latin Proverb.

If you are about to strive for your life, take with you a stout heart and a clean conscience and trust the rest to God.-J. FENIMORE COOPER.

"If you are born without taste, acquire it."

If you are in business never ask a favor just because you are a woman. Do it purely on a business basis.-Success. If you cannot bring your condition to your mind, bring your mind to your condition.-DR. JACOBUS.

If you ever saw a crow with a kingbird after him, you will get an image of a dull speaker and a lively listener.-HOLMES.

If you suspect a man, don't employ him; if you employ him, don't suspect him.-GEORGE HORACE LORIMER. If you want to be missed by your friends, be useful. -ROBERT E. LEE. If you will not hear reason, she will surely rap your knuckles.-Poor Richard.

If you would create something, you must be something.-GOETHE.

If youth be a defect, it is one that we outgrow only too soon.-Lowell.

Ill habits gather by unseen degrees;

As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.

-OVID.

In all well-instituted commonwealths care has been taken to limit men's possessions.-SWIFT.

In base revenge there is no honor won.-LADY CAREW. In belief lies the secret of all valuable exertion.

-BULWER.

In character, in manners, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.-KAVANAUGH.

In everything that he began, he did it with all his heart and prospered.—2 Chron. 31 : 21.

In idle wishes fools supinely stay;

Be there a will, and wisdom finds a way.

-CRABBE.

"In love, as in religion, faith worketh wonders."

In one's own misfortune one should so bear one's self as to give the rein to sorrow only as far as is necessary, not as far as is customary.-Seneca.

In prosperity prepare for a change; in adversity hope for one.-BURGH.

In the blackest soils grow the fairest flowers, and the loftiest and strongest trees spring heavenward among the rocks.-HOLLAND.

In the exact sciences, at least, it is the patience of sound intellect when invincible which truly constitutes genius.-CUVIER.

In the measure in which thou seekest to do thy duty shalt thou know what is in thee. But what is thy duty? The demand of the hour.-GOETHE.

In the midst of thorns roses spring up, and amidst savage beasts some are tame.-AMMIANUS MARCELLINUS In the quality of the homes of the nation abides the nation's destiny.-HOLLAND.

In this age the man who dares to think for himself and to act independently, does a service to the race.

-JOHN STUART MILL.

In this world it is not what we take up but what we give up that makes us rich.-BEECHER.

Industry pays debts, while despair increaseth them. -FRANKLIN.

Industry supplies the want of parts; patience and diligence, like faith, remove mountains.-WILLIAM PENN. Infallibility always paralyzes. It gives rest, but it is the rest of stagnation.-HENRY DRUMMOND.

Innocence is plain, direct and simple; guilt is crooked, intricate, inconstant and various things.-BURKE. Insist upon yourself; never imitate. That which each can do best, none but his Maker can teach him.

-EMERSON.

Instinct is intelligence incapable of self-consciousness. -JOHN STERLING.

Instruction ends in the school-room, but education ends

only with life.-ROBERTSON.