The learned compute that seven hundred and seven millions of millions of vibrations have to penetrate the eye before the eye can distinguish the tints of a violet.

The man who has acquired the habit of study, though for only one hour every day in the year, and keeps to the one thing studied till it is mastered, will be startled to see the way he has made at the end of a twelvemonth.

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh.

All doubt is cowardice - all trust is brave.

Happy is the man who hath never known what it is to taste of fame - to have it is a purgatory, to want it is a hell.

We must remember how apt man is to extremes--rushing from credulity and weakness to suspicion and distrust.

A prudent consideration for Number One.