FIELD.

ART.--The perfection of art is to conceal art.--QUINTILIAN.

Art must anchor in nature, or it is the sport of every breath of
folly.--HAZLITT.

Beauty is at once the ultimate principle and the highest aim of
art.--GOETHE.

Art does not imitate, but interpret.--MAZZINI.

Art is the gift of God, and must be used unto his glory.--LONGFELLOW.

ASSOCIATES.--Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good
manners.--1 CORINTHIANS 15:20.

He who comes from the kitchen smells of its smoke; he who adheres to a
sect has something of its cant; the college air pursues the student,
and dry inhumanity him who herds with literary pedants.--LAVATER.

He that walketh with wise men shall be wise.--SOLOMON.

If you always live with those who are lame, you will yourself learn to
limp.--FROM THE LATIN.

If men wish to be held in esteem, they must associate with those only
who are estimable.--LA BRUYERE.

Be very circumspect in the choice of thy company. In the society of
thine equals thou shalt enjoy more pleasure; in the society of thy
superiors thou shalt find more profit. To be the best in the company
is the way to grow worse; the best means to grow better is to be the
worst there.--QUARLES.

A companion of fools shall be destroyed.--PROVERBS 13:20.

Choose the company of your superiors whenever you can have it.--LORD
CHESTERFIELD.

I set it down as a maxim, that it is good for a man to live where he
can meet his betters, intellectual and social.--THACKERAY.

Keep good company, and you shall be of the number.--GEORGE HERBERT.

It is best to be with those in time that we hope to be with in
eternity.--FULLER.

ASTRONOMY.--The contemplation of celestial things will make a man both
speak and think more sublimely and magnificently when he descends to
human affairs.--CICERO.

The sun rejoicing round the earth, announced
Daily the wisdom, power and love of God.
The moon awoke, and from her maiden face,
Shedding her cloudy locks, looked meekly forth,
And with her virgin stars walked in the heavens,--
Walked nightly there, conversing as she walked,
Of purity, and holiness, and God.
--ROBERT POLLOK.

I love to rove amidst the starry height,
To leave the little scenes of Earth behind,
And let Imagination wing her flight
On eagle pinions swifter than the wind.
I love the planets in their course to trace;
To mark t