Cheerfulness is also an excellent wearing quality. It has been called the bright weather of the heart.

Necessity is always the first stimulus to industry, and those who conduct it with prudence, perseverance and energy will rarely fail. Viewed in this light, the necessity of labor is not a chastisement, but a blessing,--the very root and spring of all that we call progress in individuals and civilization in nations.

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 apprenticeship of difficulty is one which the greatest of men have had to serve.

Riches do not constitute any claim to distinction. It is only the vulgar who admire riches as riches.

This extraordinary metal, the soul of every manufacture, and the mainspring perhaps of civilised society. Of iron.

It is a grand old name, that of gentleman, and has been recognized as a rank and power in all stages of society. To possess this character is a dignity of itself, commanding the instinctive homage of every generous mind, and those who will not bow to titular rank will yet do homage to the gentleman. His qualities depend not upon fashion or manners, but upon moral worth; not on personal possessions, but on personal qualities.