The fearful are the failing.

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

Riches are always over estimated; the enjoyment they give is more in the pursuit than the possession.

No influence is so powerful as that of the mother.

There is small danger of being starved in our land of plenty; but the danger of being stuffed is imminent.

Oh, wondrous power! how little understood, Entrusted to the mother's mind alone, To fashion genius, form the soul for good, Inspire a West, or train a Washington.

Some determined advocates of the vegetable system maintain, that the teeth and stomach of the monkey correspond, in structure, very closely with that of man, yet it lives on fruits - therefore if man followed nature, he would live on fruits and vegetables. But though the anatomical likeness between man and monkeys is striking, yet it is not complete; the difference may be and doubtless is precisely that which makes a difference of diet necessary to nourish and develope their dissimilar natures. Those who should live as the monkeys do would most closely resemble them.