Great old books of the great old authors are not in everybody's reach; and though it is better to know them thoroughly than to know them only here and there, yet it is a good work to give a little to those who have neither time nor means to get his own belief.

Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

When a man mistakes his thoughts for persons and things, he is mad.

Talk of the devil, and his horns appear.

Boys and girls, And women, that would groan to see a child Pull off an insect's leg, all read of war, The best amusement for our morning meal.

In what way, or by what manner of working, God changes a soul from evil to good, how He impregnates the barren rock--the priceless gems and gold--is to the human mind an impenetrable mystery, in all cases alike.

May all the stars hang bright above her dwelling, Silent as though they watched the sleeping earth!