A quick and sound judgment, good common sense, kind feeling, and an instinctive perception of character, in these are the elements of what is called tact, which has so much to do with acceptability and success in life.

Never go backward. Attempt, and do it with all your might. Determination is power.

There is a noble forgetfulness-that which does not remember injuries.

It is only the constant exertion and working of our sensitive, intellectual, moral, and physical machinery that keeps us from rusting, and so becoming useless.

Ridicule is the first and last argument of a fool.

It is a great evil, as well as a misfortune, to be unable to utter a prompt and decided 'no'.

Most of the wisdom of one age, is the folly of the next.