The Experience Gathered From Books, Though Often

Though An Inheritance Of Acres May Be Bequeathed, An Inheritance Of Knowledge And Wisdom Cannot. The Wealthy Man May Pay Others For Doing His Work For Him; But It Is Impossible To Get His Thinking Done For Him By Another, Or To Purchase Any Kind Of Self-culture.

The Crown And Glory Of Life Is Character. It Is The Noblest Possession Of A Man, Constituting A Rank In Itself, And An Estate In The General Good-will; Dignifying Every Station, And Exalting Every Position In Society. It Exercises A Greater Power Than Wealth, And Secures All The Honor Without The Jealousies Of Fame. It Carries With It An Influence Which Always Tell; For It Is The Result Of Proved Honor, Rectitude, And Consistency-qualities Which, Perhaps More Than Any Other, Command The General Confidence And Respect Of Mankind.

Knowledge Conquered By Labor Becomes A Possession -a Property Entirely Our Own.

The Women Of The Poorer Classes Make Sacrifices, And Run Risks, And Bear Privations, And Exercise Patience And Kindness To A Degree That The World Never Knows Of, And Would Scarcely Believe Even If It Did Know.

Good Sense, Disciplined By Experience And Inspired By Goodness, Issues In Practical Wisdom.