Life is a great gift, and as we reach years of discretion, most of us naturally ask ourselves what should be the main object of our existence.

Savages have often been likened to children, and the comparison is not only correct but also highly instructive. Many naturalists consider that the early condition of the individual indicates that of the race,-that the best test of the affinities of a species are the stages through which it passes. So also it is in the case of man; the life of each individual is an epitome of the history of the race, and the gradual development of the child illustrates that of the species.

Reading and writing, arithmetic and grammar do not constitute education, any more than a knife, fork and spoon constitute a dinner.

Though it is a great mistake to make friends of the wicked and foolish, it is unwise to make enemies of them, for they are very numerous.

Sunsets are so beautiful that they almost seem as if we were looking through the gates of Heaven.

The veil is slowly rising, but as regards innumerable questions we must be content to remain in ignorance.

We profit little by books we do not enjoy.