Even happiness itself may become habitual. There is a habit of looking at the bright side of things, and also of looking at the dark side. Dr. Johnson has said that the habit of looking at the best side of a thing is worth more to a man than a thousand pounds a year. And we possess the power, to a great extent, of so exercising the will as to direct the thoughts upon objects calculated to yield happiness and improvement rather than their opposites.

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.

Knowledge conquered by labor becomes a possession -a property entirely our own.

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.

Like men, nations are purified and strengthened by trials.

Woman, above all other educators, educates humanly. Man is the brain, but woman is the heart, of humanity.

True politeness is consideration for the opinions of others. It has been said of dogmatism that it is only puppyism come to its full growth; and certainly the worst form this quality can assume is that of opinionativeness and arrogance.