He stood upon the world’s broad threshold; wide
The din of battle and of slaughter rose;
He saw God stand upon the weaker side,
That sank in seeming loss before its foes:
Many there were who made great haste and sold
Unto the cunning enemy their swords,
He scorned their gifts of fame, and power, and gold,
And, underneath their soft and […]

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Avoid late and unseasonable Studies, for they murder Wit, and are very prejudicial to Health. The Muses love the Morning, and that is a fit Time for Study. After you have din’d, either divert yourself at some Exercise, or take a Walk, and discourse merrily, and Study between whiles. As for Diet, eat only as […]

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You are richer today than you were yesterday if you have laughed often, given something, forgiven even more, made a new friend today, or made stepping stones of stumbling-blocks; if you have thought more in terms of “thyself” than of “myself” or if you have succeeded in being cheerful even if you were weary.
You are […]

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1. Sit quietly for a moment, and you realize how you have been
foolishly running about. 
2. Learn to keep your mouth shut, and you realize you have been
talking too much. 
3. Avoid getting involved in too many things, and you realize
that you have been wasting your time in unnecessary things. 
4. Close the door, and you realize that […]

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Every age has been illustrated by men who bore themselves like men, and vindicated the cause of human nature - men who, in circumstances of great trial, have adhered to moral and religious principle, to the cause of persecuted truth, to the interests of humanity, to the hope of immortality - who have trodden underfoot […]

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How cheap
Is genuine happiness, and yet how dearly
Do we all pay for its base counterfeit!
We fancy wants, which to supply, we dare
Danger and death, enduring the privation
Of all free nature offers in her bounty,
To attain that which, in its full fruition,
Brings but satiety.  The poorest man
May taste of nature in her element;
Pure, wholesome, never cloying; […]

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