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.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. But all play and no work makes him something worse.

Life is of little value unless it be consecrated by duty.

Great men are always exceptional men; and greatness itself is but comparative. Indeed, the range of most men in life is so limited that very few have the opportunity of being great.

Men who are resolved to find a way for themselves will always find opportunities enough; and if they do not find them, they will make them.

A fig-tree looking on a fig-tree becometh fruitful," says the Arabian proverb. And so it is with children; their first great instructor is example.

The egotist is next door to a fanatic.