This life of mortal breath
Is but the suburb of the life elysian,
Whose portal we call death.
—Longfellow.
An Approving Conscience.—The most exquisite of human satisfactions flows from an approving conscience.
Aiming at Perfection.—Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it and persevere will come much nearer to it than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattainable.
Cultivating the Mind.—The mind is but a barren soil—a soil which is soon exhausted and will produce no crop, or only one, unless it be continually fertilised and enriched with foreign matter.
Plain Proofs.—Ungraceful attitudes and actions and a certain left-handedness (if I may use that word) loudly proclaim low education and low company.—Chesterfield.
Too Amiable.—There are many women who would be very amiable if they could only lose sight for a little of the fact that they are so.
The Importance of Food.—The question of food lies at the foundation of all other questions. There is no mind, no work, no health, without food; and just as we are fed defectively and improperly, so are our frames developed in a way unfitted to secure that greatest of earthly blessings—a sound mind in a sound body.—Dr. Lankester.