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.

Though an inheritance of acres may be bequeathed, an inheritance of knowledge and wisdom cannot. The wealthy man may pay others for doing his work for him; but it is impossible to get his thinking done for him by another, or to purchase any kind of self-culture.

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.

Make good thy standing place, and move the world.

Liberty is the result of free individual action,energy and independence.

Childhood is like a mirror, which reflects in after life the images first presented to it.

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.