The year's at the spring, The hill-side's dew-pearled; The lark's on the wing; God's in his heaven All's right with the world. "Ask God to give thee skill For comfort's art, -Browning. That thou may'st consecrated be, And set apart Unto a life of sympathy! For heavy is the weight of ill For every heart, And comforters are needed much The essence of intellectual living does not reside in extent of science or in perfection of expression, but in a constant preference for higher thoughts over lower thoughts. Here is the true secret of that fascination which belongs to intellectual pursuits, that they reveal to us a little more, and yet a little more, of the eternal order of the Universe, establishing us so firmly in what is known, that we acquire an unshakable confidence in the laws which govern what is not, and never can be, known. Philip Gilbert Hamerton. When we consider we are bound to be serviceable to mankind, and bear with their faults, we shall perceive there is a common tie of nature and relation between us. -Marcus Aurelius. One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning. He who loves best his fellow-man Is loving God the holiest way he can. -Lowell. -Alice Cary. Better be cold than assume to feel. In truth, nothing is so cold as an assumed, noisy enthusiasm. Its best emblem is the northern blast of winter, which freezes as it roars. -Channing. Ah, the key of our life, that passes all wards, opens all locks, Is not I will, but I must, I must, I must,—and I do it. -A. H. Clough. "To speak wisely may not always be easy, but not to speak ill requires only silence." 'Tis looking downward makes one dizzy. -Browning. Even in ordinary life, contact with nobler natures arouses the feeling of unused power and quickens the consciousness of responsibility. -Canon Westcott. Every brave heart must treat society as a child, and never allow it to dictate. -Emerson. Adversity is like the period of the former and latter rains,-cold, comfortless, unfriendly to man and to animal; yet from thence come the flower and the fruit, the date, the rose, and the pomegranate. Machinery just meant To give thy soul its bent, -Sir Walter Scott. Try thee and turn thee forth sufficiently impressed. That turns earth's smoothness rough, Be our joys three parts pain! Strive and hold cheap the strain; Learn, nor account the pang; dare, never Grudge the throe. -Browning. If there is any person for whom you feel dislike, that is the person of whom you ought never to speak. -R. Cecil. There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behavior, like the wish to scatter joy around us. -Emerson. Experience shows that success is due less to ability than to zeal. The winner is he who gives himself to his work, body and soul. -Charles Buxton. It is not written, blessed is he that feedeth the poor, but he that considereth the poor. A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money. He prayeth best, who loveth best -Ruskin. -Coleridge. The finest qualities of our natures, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling. -Thoreau. |