Sympathy is the golden key that unlocks the hearts of others.

Time is of no account with great thoughts, which are as fresh to -day as when they first passed through their authors' minds ages ago.

The experience gathered from books, though often valuable, is but the nature of learning; whereas the experience gained from actual life is one of the nature of wisdom.

Man cannot aspire if he looked down; if he rise, he must look up.

The egotist is next door to a fanatic.

The cheapest of all things is kindness, its exercise requiring the least possible trouble and self-sacrifice. Win hearts, said Burleigh to Queen Elizabeth, and you have all men's hearts and purses.

Progress however, of the best kind, is comparatively slow. Great results cannot be achieved at once; and we must be satisfied to advance in life as we walk, step by step.