the engrossing pursuit of Americans is wealth.

the engrossing pursuit of Americans is wealth.

There is no influence so powerful as that of the mother, but next in rank in efficacy is that of the schoolmaster.

What in the rising man was industry and economy, becomes in the rich man parsimony and avarice.

There can be no education without leisure; and without leisure, education is worthless.

Water is the grand epic of creation; and there is not a human soul but feels the influence of its majesty, its power, or its beauty.

self-control, in every station and to every individual, is indispensable, if people would retain that equanimity of mind, which, depending on self-respect, is the essential of contentment and happiness.