The true use of a man’s possessions is to help his work, and the best end of all his work is to show us what he is. The noblest workers of our world bequeath us nothing so great as the image of themselves.--_James Martineau._ “What is the secret of your life?” asked Mrs. Browning of Charles Kingsley; “tell me, that I may make mine beautiful too?” He replied, “I had a friend.”--_William C. Gannett._ Better make penitents by gentleness than hypocrites by severity.--_St. Francis de Sales._ Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness; altogether past calculation its powers of endurance.--_Carlyle._ Yea, from the table of my memory I’ll wipe away all trivial fond records, that youth and observation copied there; and thy commandment all along shall live within the book and volume of my brain, unmixed with baser matter.--_Shakespeare._ I am surprised that intelligent men do not see the immense value of good temper in their homes; and am amazed that they will take such pains to have costly houses and fine furniture, and yet sometimes neglect to bring home with them good temper.--_Theodore Parker._ Everyone should consider his body as a priceless gift from one whom he loves above all, a marvelous work of art, of indescribable beauty, and mastery beyond human conception, and so delicate that a word, a breath, a look, nay, a thought may injure it.--_Nikola Tesla._ Beware of desperate steps; the darkest day, Lived till to-morrow, will have passed away. --_Cowper._ Education should be full of feeling. It takes sunlight to draw out the fragrance of the violet and the perfume of the rose.--_Ellen A. Richardson._ We are encompassed about by the forces that make for righteousness. All power we possess, or seem to possess, comes from our accord with these forces. There is no lasting force, except the power of God.--_David Starr Jordan._ If one admires the patience, gentleness, sweetness and unfailing energy of another; if he finds himself renewed and invigorated and inspired by such contact,--why does he not himself so live that he may bring the same renewal and inspiration to others?--_Lilian Whiting._ The flighty purpose never is o’ertook Unless the deed go with it. --_Shakespeare._ Characters are determined not by the opinions which we profess, but by those on which our thoughts habitually fasten, which recur to them most forcibly and which color our ordinary views of God and duty.--_William Ellery Channing._ We are too busy, too encumbered, too much occupied, too active! We read too much! The one thing needful is to throw off all one’s load of cares, and to become young again, living happily and gracefully in the present hour. We must know how to put occupation aside, which does not mean that we must be idle.--_Translation, Mrs. Humphry Ward._