Pride is a fruitful source of uneasiness. It keeps the mind in disquiet. Humility is the antidote to this evil.

O ye whose years unfolding fair Are fresh with youth, and free from care, Should vice and indolence desire The garden of your souls to hire, No parleys hold-reject the suit, Nor let one seed the soil pollute. My child their first approach beware, With firmness break the insidious snare, Lest as the acorns grew and throve Into a sun-encircled grove, Thy sins, a dark o'ershadowing tree Shut out the light of Heaven from thee.

The strength of a nation, especially of a republican nation, is in the intelligent and well ordered homes of the people.

Mothers, whatever you wish your children to become, strive to exhibit in your own lives and conversation.

Teachers should be held in the highest honor. They are the allies of legislators; they have agency in the prevention of crime; they aid in regulating the atmosphere, whose incessant action and pressure cause the life-blood to circulate, and to return pure and healthful to the heart of the nation.

As nothing truly valuable can be attained without industry, so there can be no persevering industry without a deep sense of the value of time.

We speak of educating our children. Do we know that our children also educate us?