Poverty is the only load which is the heavier the more loved ones there are to assist in bearing it.

Repetition is the mother of education.

Nothing is more beautiful than cheerfulness in an old face.

Fancy rules over two thirds of the universe, the past, and future, while reality is confined to the present

Man has here two and a half minutes-one to smile, one to sigh, and a half to love: for in the midst of this minute he dies.

Like a morning dream, life becomes more and more bright the longer we live, and the reason of everything appears more clear. What has puzzled us before seems less mysterious, and the crooked paths look straighter as we approach the end.

The gymnasium of running, walking on stilts, climbing, etc. stells and makes hardy single powers and muscles, but dancing, like a corporeal poesy, embellishes, exercises, and equalizes all the muscles at once.