Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds.

For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is.

Talents are nurtured best in solitude, But character on life's tempestuous seas!

You accuse a woman of wavering affections, but don't blame her; she is just looking for a consistent man.

Say what you will of fortitude, but show me the man who can patiently endure the laughter of fools when they have obtained an advantage over him. 'Tis only when their nonsense is without foundation that one can suffer it without complaint.

Happy the man who early learns the wide chasm that lies between his wishes and his powers.

So then the year is repeating its old story again. We are come once more, thank God! to its most charming chapter. The violets and the Mayflowers are as its inscriptions or vignettes. It always makes a pleasant impression on us, when we open again at these pages of the book of life.