The crowning fortune of a man is to be born with a bias to some pursuit, which finds him in employment and happiness.-EMERSON.

The difference between one boy and another consists not so much in talent as in energy..-ARNOLD.

The discovery of what is true and the practice of that which is good are the two most important objects of philosophy.-VOLTAIRE.

The diseases of the mind are more destructive and in greater number than those of the body.-CICERO.

The doubt of Charles V. changed the destinies of the civilized world.-MOTLEY.

The elect are those who will, and the non-elect are those who won't.-BEECHER.

The empty vessel makes the greatest sound.

-SHAKESPEARE.

The essence of knowledge is having it to apply it; not having it to confess it.-CONFUCIUS.

The farmers are the founders of civilization and prosperity.-WEBSTER.

The fate of the child is always the work of his mother. -NAPOLEON.

The fewer the words the better the prayer.-LUTHER. The finest type of the coming man will be a Christian gentleman.-O. S. MARDEN.

"The first requisite when you have a good idea is to stick to it like grim death.”

The foundation of culture, as of character, is at last the moral sentiment.-EMERSON.

"The foundation of every state is the education of its youth."

"The glory of a man is his strength."

The good workman doesn't say, "There, that will do," but always "There, that is it-it will last always." -EMERSON.

The great are only great because we are on our knees; let us rise up.-PROUDHON.

The great hope of society is in the individual character. -CHANNING.

The greatest and most vital power in influencing life is personality. It is greater than law, instruction or example.-LYMAN ABBOTT.

The greatest homage we can pay to truth is to use it. -EMERSON.

The greatest man is he who chooses with the most invincible resolution.-SENECA.

The greatest men have been those who have cut their way to success through difficulties.-F. W. ROBERTSON. "The greatest of all faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none."

The greatest perpetual battle of life is the warfare waged against self.-G. M. VAltour.

The greatest work has always gone hand-in-hand with the most fervent moral purpose.-SIDNEY LANIER. The habit of looking at the bright side of things is worth more than a thousand a year.

-SAMUEL JOHNSON. The hands that help are better far than lips that pray. -HUBBARD.

The happiest life is that which constantly exercises and educates what is best in us.-HAMERTON.

The head as well as the heart is needed in giving, and giving is a training for one's brain as well as for one's feelings.-DR. WATSON.

"The higher we rise, the grander the view."

The highest success is achieved by making the most of one's powers and opportunities.

-WILLIAM M. THAYER.

"The highest towers begin from the ground."

The honor of the thing is in improving on the common stock-doing, and being a little better than our ancestors. -INGERSOLL.

The hour is not wasted that brings with it tranquility of mind and an uplifting of the heart.

-BRADFORD TORREY.

The imagination is the secret and marrow of civilization. It is the very eye of faith.-BEECHER.

The important thing in life is to have a great aim, and to possess the aptitude and perseverance to attain it. -GOETHE.

The least error should humble, but we should never permit even the greatest to discourage us.

-BISHOP POTTER.

The love principle is stronger than the force principle.

-A. A. HODGE.

The lovely toy, so fiercely sought,
Hath lost its charm by being caught.

-BYRON.

The man of grit carries in his presence a power which spares him the necessity of resenting insult.-WIMPLE.

The manner of saying or doing a thing goes a great way in the value of the thing itself.-SENECA.

The many fail; the one succeeds.-TENNYSON.

The memory will not be ruled as to what it shall bind and what it shall loose.-W. D. HOWELLS.

The mind can weave itself warmly in the cocoon of its own thoughts, and dwell a hermit anywhere.

-LOWELL.

The mind conquers everything; it gives even strength to the body.-OVID.

The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hand.

-BACON.

The more difficulties one has to encounter, within and without, the more significant and the higher in inspiration his life will be.-HORACE BUSHNELL.

The more honesty a man has, the less he affects the air of a saint.-LAVATER.

The most difficult thing in life is to keep the height the soul has reached.-DAVID RIDDLE.

The most manifest sign of wisdom is continued cheerfulness.-MONTAIGNE.

The objection to conforming to usages that have become dead to you is that it scatters your force. -EMERSON.

The occasion is piled high with difficulty and we must rise high with the occasion.-ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

The old adage about "too many irons in the fire" conveys an abominable lie. Keep them all going-9 poker, tongs and all.-ADAM CLARKE.

The one thing of value in the world is the active soul. -EMERSON.

The only amaranthine flower is virtue.-CowPER. The only disadvantage of an honest heart is credulity. -SIDNEY.

The only failure a man ought to fear is failure in cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best.-GEORGE ELIOT. The only knowledge that a man has is the knowledge he can use.-LORD MACAULAY.

The only true conquests-those which awaken no regrets are those obtained over our ignorance.

-NAPOLEON. The only way in which to fit a people for selfgovernment is to entrust them with self-government. -MACAULAY.

The power is detested, and miserable the life, of him who wishes to be feared rather than to be loved. -CORNELIUS NEPOS.

The power of applying an attention, steady and undissipated, to a single object, is the sure mark to superior genius.-CHESTERFIELD.

The rarest attainment is to grow old happily and gracefully.-L. M. CHILD.

"The rooster which crows the loudest may be the next one to grace the dinner-table."

The saddest failures in life are those that come from not putting forth of the power and will to succeed. -WHIPPLE.

The safest principle through life, instead of reforming others, is to set about perfecting yourself.-B. R. HAYDON.