t forever, one grand, sweet song.--Charles Kingsley.

And to get peace, if you do _want_ it, make for yourself nests of
pleasant thoughts.--Ruskin.

When one is so dedicated to his mission, so full of a great purpose
that he has no thought for self, his life is one of unalloyed joy--the
joy of self-sacrifice.--Lyman Abbott.

Morality is conformity to the highest standard of right and virtuous
action, with the best intention founded on principle.--A. E. Winship.

To have a friend is to have one of the sweetest gifts that life can
bring; to be a friend is to have a solemn and tender education of soul
from day to day.--Anna Robertson Brown.

When it comes to doing a thing in this world, I don't ask myself
whether I like it or not, but, what's the best way to get it done.
--Ellen Glasgow.

Do you ask to be the companion of nobles? Make yourself noble, and you
shall be. Do you long for the conversation of the wise? Learn to
understand it, and you shall hear it.--Ruskin.

There is no cosmetic for homely folks like character. Even the
plainest face becomes beautiful in noble and radiant moods.--Newell
Dwight Hillis.

A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener. So our
prospects brighten on the influx of better thoughts.--Thoreau.

A good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit embalmed and
treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.--Milton.

Happiness is the natural flower of duty.--Phillips Brooks.

By wisdom wealth is won; but riches purchased wisdom yet for none.
--Bayard Taylor.

It is surely better to pardon too much than to condemn too much.
--George Eliot.

To be a strong hand in the dark to another in the time of need, to be
a cup of strength to a human soul in a crisis of weakness, is to know
the glory of life.--Hugh Black.

It is not the result of our acts that makes them brave and noble, but
the acts themselves and the unselfish love that moved us to do them.
--R. L. Stevenson.

Use thy youth so that thou mayest have comfort to remember it when it
hath forsaken thee.--Walter Raleigh.

It is easy to condemn; it is better to pity.--Abbott.

If you don't scale the mountain, you can't view the plain.--Chinese
Proverb.

For him who aspires, and for him who loves his fellow-beings, life may
lead through the thorns, but it never stops in the desert.--Anonymous.

Be cheerful; wipe thine eyes; some falls are means the happier to
arise.--William Shakespeare.

Be resolutel