Of her scorn the maid repented, And the shepherd - of his love.

many things I knew, I have forgotten; many things I thought I knew, I find I know nothing about; some things I know, I have found not worth knowing; and some things I would give - O what would one not give to know? are beyond the reach of human ken.

We neither laugh alone, nor weep alone, why then should we pray alone?

Children have almost an intuitive discernment between the maxims you bring forward for their use, and those by which you direct your own conduct.

The best way for women to acquire knowledge is from conversation with a father, a brother, or a friend, in the way of family intercourse and easy conversation, and by such a course of reading as they may recommend.

Say not 'Good-night' but in some brighter clime, bid me 'Good-morning.'

You, that have toiled during youth, to set your son upon higher ground, and to enable him to begin where you left off, do not expect that son to be what you were, - diligent, modest, active, simple in his tastes, fertile in resources. You have put him under quite a different master. Poverty educated you; wealth will educate him. You cannot suppose the result will be the same.