Landor’s definition of a great man: He who can call together the most select company when it pleases him. We go apart to get still; that new life, new inspiration, new power of thought, new supplies from the Fountainhead, may flow in.--_H. Emilie Cady._ Perhaps it is a good thing to have an unsound hobby ridden hard; for it is sooner ridden to death.--_Charles Dickens._ “Take a dash of water cold And a little leaven of prayer, A little bit of sunshine gold Dissolved in the morning air; Add to your meal some merriment And a thought for kith and kin; And then, as a prime ingredient A plenty of work thrown in: But spice it all with the essence of love And a little whiff of play: Let a wise old book and a glance above Complete a well spent day.” Judge not thy friend until thou standest in his place.--_Rabbi Hillel._ “He who is always inquiring what people will say, will never give them opportunity to say anything great about him.” Borrowing is the canker and the death of every man’s estate.--_Sir Walter Raleigh._ It is not so much what you say to the children that charges the atmosphere of your home, as it is the spirit of your life, the temper you exhibit, the ends which you live for.--_Dr. J. K. McLean._ Punishment closely follows sin, it being born at the same time with it. Whoever expects punishment, already suffers it; whoever has deserved it, expects it.--_Montaigne._ I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, that of an “Honest Man.”--_George Washington._ Trust in God, as Moses did, let the way be never so dark; and it shall come to pass that your life at last shall surpass even your longing. Not, it may be, in the line of that longing; that shall be as it pleaseth God; but the glory is as sure as the grace, and the most ancient heavens are not more sure than that.--_Robert Collyer._ Men suffer all their life long under the foolish superstition that they can be cheated. But it is as impossible for a man to be cheated by anyone but himself, as for a thing to be and not to be at the same time. There is a third silent party to all our bargains. The nature and soul of things takes on itself the guaranty of the fulfilment of every contract, so that honest service cannot come to loss. If you serve an ungrateful master, serve him the more. Put God in your debt. Every stroke shall be repaid. The longer the payment is withholden, the better for you; for compound interest on compound interest is the rate and usage of this exchequer.--_Emerson._