Successful is the person who has lived well, laughed often and loved much, who has gained the respect of children, who leaves the world better than they found it, who has never lacked appreciation for the earth's beauty, who never fails to look for the best in others or give the best of themselves.

We are as much informed of a writer's genius by what he selects as by what he originates. We read the quotation with his eyes, andfind a new and fervent sense; as a passage from one of the poets, well recited, borrows new interest from the rendering. As the journals say, "the italics are ours.

Nature is reckless of the individual. When she has points to carry, she carries them.

The gates of thought, - how slow and late they discover themselves! Yet when they appear, we see that they were always there, always open.

As long as our civilization is essentially one of property, of fences, of exclusiveness, it will be mocked by delusions.

Of all wit's uses, the main one is to live well with who has none.

The world exists for the education of each man.