He Who Labours Not, Cannot Enjoy The

The Greatest Slave Is Not He Who Is Ruled By A Despot, Great Though That Evil Be, But He Who Is In The Thrall Of His Own Moral Ignorance, Selfishness, And Vice.

Energy Enables A Man To Force His Way Through Irksome Drudgery And Dry Details And Caries Him Onward And Upward To Every Station In Life.

Wisdom And Understanding Can Only Become The Possession Of Individual Men By Travelling The Old Road Of Observation, Attention, Perseverance, And Industry.

So Much Does The Moral Health Depend Upon The Moral Atmosphere That Is Breathed, And So Great Is The Influence Daily Exercised By Parents Over Their Children By Living A Life Before Their Eyes, That Perhaps The Best System Of Parental Instruction Might Be Summed Up In These Two Words: 'improve Thyself.'

The Possession Of A Library, Or The Free Use Of It, No More Constitutes Learning, Than The Possession Of Wealth Constitutes Generosity.