8. "A drayman is probably born with as good organs as Milton, Locke, or Newton: but by culture they are as much above him, almost, as he is above his horse."--_Chesterfield_. Chesterfield, it would seem, was a Phrenologist, in fact. 9. "In matters of consequence, have nothing to do with secondary people: deal always with principals."--_Edgeworth_. Good advice. In matters of state, deal never with a clerk,--he has no discretion. In matters of trade deal never with an agent, if you can come near the principal, for the same cause,--he lacks the discretion that the latter has. But for a different cause than this, in matters of love, deal never with parents, but with the child: it is true, she has less discretion, but in this matter she is still _the principal_. 10. "Women may have their wills while they live, for they may make none when they die."--_Anon._ The author of that, whoever he be, was a kind soul: he found an apology for that which husbands, lovers, and fathers are apt to think a grievous fault in the sex. But the thought that strikes me most forcibly upon reading that passage is, the injustice of the law's treatment of women in this regard. Why should a woman's property, upon her marriage, become, _ipso facto_, another's? I take it that is a question which neither casuists nor gownsmen can answer. I knew an old woman who could give the true reply, and it was one that she gave as a reason for every query, puzzling or plain,--and that was "_'Cause!_" 11. "A soul conversant with virtue resembles a fountain: for it is clear, and gentle, and sweet, and communicative, and rich, and harmless and innocent."--_Epictetus_. Beautiful because true. Such a soul is _clear_; one can see deeply into its crystal purity: it is _gentle_, and no waves disturb the spectator as he gazes: it is _sweet_, and he who drinks of it is refreshed and renovated in mental and intellectual health. _Communicative_ is it, and throws out its _jets_ in affluent profusion, making the atmosphere delicious to those who come within its reach. _Rich_, too, abundantly, overflowingly _rich_, full of jewels beyond price, ready for those who will gather them up from the inexhaustible bed of that fountain: _harmless_, moreover, and _innocent_, diffusing influences of a healthful and inspiring force, which turns mere sense to soul, mere mortality to immortality! 12. "The suspicion of Dean Swift's irreligion proceeded, in a great measure, from his dread of hypocrisy: instead of wishing to seem better, he delighted in seeming worse than he was."--_Dr. Johnson_.