The mother loves her child most divinely, not when she surrounds him with comfort and anticipates his wants, but when she resolutely holds him to the highest standards and is content with nothing less than his best.

He strains his conversation through a cigar.

In the long run a man becomes what he purposes, and gains for himself what he really desires

Genius can do much, but even genius falls short of the actuality of a single human life.

To have a quiet mind is to possess one's mind wholly; to have a calm spirit is to possess one's self.

Nothing is lost upon a man who is bent upon growth; nothing wasted on one who is always preparing for life. By keeping eyes, mind, and heart open to nature, men, books, experience, and what he gathers, serves him at unexpected moments, in unforeseen