One of the great lessons the fall of the leaf teaches, is this: do your work well and then be ready to depart when God shall call.

Any act often repeated soon forms a habit; and habit allowed, steady gains in strength, At first it may be but as a spider's web, easily broken through, but if not resisted it soon binds us with chains of steel.

Seek for duty, and happiness will follow as the shadow comes with the sunshine.

Mystery is but another name for ignorance; if we were omniscient, all would be perfectly plain!

Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the hope of retaining another - too often ending in the loss of both.

Anxiety is the poison of human life; the parent of many sins and of more miseries. In a world where everything is doubtful, and where we may be disappointed, and be blessed in disappointment, why this restless stir and commotion of mind? Can it alter the cause, or unravel the mystery of human events?

Always have a book at hand, in the parlor, on the table, for the family; a book of condensed thought and striking anecdote, of sound maxims and truthful apothegms. It will impress on your own mind a thousand valuable suggestions, and teach your children a thousand lessons of truth and duty. Such a book is a casket of jewels for your housebold.