The dew-bead Gem of earth and sky begotten.

It is, I fear, but a vain show of fulfilling the heathen precept, ''Know thyself,'' and too often leads to a self- estimate which will subsist in the absence of that fruit by which alone the quality of the tree is made evident.

Falsehood is so easy, truth so difficult. Even with no motive to be false, it is very hard to say the exact truth.

Wise books For half the truths they hold are honored tombs.

Hold up your head! You were not made for failure, you were made for victory. Go forward with a joyful confidence.

Oh, child, men's men: gentle or simple, they're much of a muchness.

It is never too late to become the person you always thought you could be.