Never Be So Brief As To Become

Always Have A Book At Hand, In The Parlor, On The Table, For The Family; A Book Of Condensed Thought And Striking Anecdote, Of Sound Maxims And Truthful Apothegms. It Will Impress On Your Own Mind A Thousand Valuable Suggestions, And Teach Your Children A Thousand Lessons Of Truth And Duty. Such A Book Is A Casket Of Jewels For Your Housebold.

Quiet And Sincere Sympathy Is Often The Most Welcome And Efficient Consolation To The Afflicted. Said A Wise Man To One In Deep Sorrow, I Did Not Come To Comfort You; God Only Can Do That; But I Did Come To Say How Deeply And Tenderly I Feel For You In Your Affliction.

The Leaves Do Not Change Color From The Blighting Touch Of The Frost, But From The Process Of Natural Decay. They Fall When The Fruit Has Been Ripened And Their Work Is Done. And Their Splendid Change Of Coloring Is But Their Graceful And Beautiful Surrender Of Life, When They Have Finished Their Summer Offering Of Service To God And Man.

Mystery Is But Another Name For Ignorance; If We Were Omniscient, All Would Be Perfectly Plain!

We Never Reach Our Ideals, Whether Of Mental Or Moral Improvement, But The Thought Of Them Shows Us Our Deficiencies, And Spurs Us On To Higher And Better Things.