"Efforts to be permanently useful must be uniformly joyous,—a spirit all sunshine; graceful from very gladness, beautiful because bright."

Carlyle.

"Every joy is gain, and gain is gain, however small."

Browning.

Duty

FEBRUARY 15

"In Life's small things be resolute and great
To keep thy muscle trained: know'st thou when Fate
Thy measure takes, or when she'll say to thee
'I find thee worthy; do this thing for me'?"
Lowell.

"Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our powers."

Amiel's Journal.

"I'll bind myself to that which, once being right, Will not be less right when I shrink from it."