A lovely nook of forest scenery, or a grand rock, like a beautiful woman, depends for much of its attractiveness upon the attendance sense of freedom from whatever is low; upon a sense of purity and of romance.

If you hesitate, some bolder hand will stretch out before you and get the prize.

A penny here, and a dollar there, placed at interest, goes on accumulating, and in this way the desired result is attained. It requires some training, perhaps, to accomplish this economy, but when once used to it, you will find there is more satisfaction in rational saving than in irrational spending.

Those who really desire to attain an independence, have only set their minds upon it, and adopt the proper means, as they do in regard to any other object which they wish to accomplish, and the thing is easily done.

There is no class of people in the world, who have such good memories as creditors.

More persons, on the whole, are humbugged by believing in nothing, than by believing too much.

Science is the pursuit of pure truth, and the systematizing of it.