262 The idea of home, fraught with the fragrance of home-dwelling joys, reanimates the drooping spirit, as the Arabian breeze will sometimes waft the freshness of the distant fields to the weary pilgrim of the desert.-Irving.

263. There is not a moment of any day of our lives, when Nature is not producing scene after scene, picture after picture, glory after glory, and working still upon such exquisite and constant principles of the most perfect beauty, that it is quite certain it is all done for us, and intended for our perpetual pleasure. John Ruskin.

264. All that in this wide world we see,

Almighty Father, speaks of Thee!

And in the darkness, or the day,
Thy monitors surround our way.
The fearful storms that sweep the sky,
The maladies by which we die,

The pangs that make the guilty groan,
Are angels from Thy awful throne.

Each mercy sent when sorrows lower,
Each blessing of the wingèd hour,

All we enjoy and all we love,

Bring lessons with them from above.—Bryant.

265.

Man is as much made for education as the earth is for cultivation.-B. Sears.

266. American nationality has made the desert to bud and blossom as the rose; it has quickened to life the giant brood of useful arts; it has whitened lake and ocean with the sails of a daring and lawful trade; it has extended to exiles, flying as clouds, the asylum of our better liberty.-R. Choate.

267.

The grand almighty Builder,

Who fashioned out the earth,
Hath stamped His seal of honor
On Labor from her birth,

In every angel flower

That blossoms from the sod

Behold the master-touches,

The handiwork of God.--H. C. Preuss.

268. I love in spring to search out the sunny slopes by a southern wall, where the reflected sun does double duty to the earth, and where the frail anemone, or the faint blush of the arbute, in the midst of the bleak March atmosphere will touch the heart like a hope of heaven in a field of graves.

-D. G. Mitchell.

269. Full many a gem of purest ray serene

The dark, unfathomed caves of ocean bear; Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air.

-Gray

The following maxims and proverbs should have a place in the memory of all. Teachers will do well to make them subjects for conversation and expansion occasionally.

1. A bad workman quarrels with his tools.

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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

3. A burden which one chooses is not felt.

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A place for everything, and everything in its place.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.

A good word is as soon said as an ill one.

A drowning man will catch at a straw.

A guilty conscience needs no accuser.
A little leak will sink a great ship.

An honest man's word is as good as his bond.
A penny saved is a penny carned.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

A stitch in time saves nine.

18. As you sow, so shall you reap.

19. A tree is known by its fruit.

20. A willing mind makes a light foot.

21. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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Better to suffer without cause than to have cause for

suffering.

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23. Be more ready to forgive than to return an injury.
Be slow to promise and quick to perform.

Better late than never, but, better still, never late.
Better to be alone than in bad company.

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Catch not at the shadow and lose the substance.

Cut your coat according to your cloth.

30. Deeds are fruit; words are but leaves.

31. Deep rivers move with silent majesty; shallow waters are noisy.

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Defer not till evening what morning may and should accomplish.

33. Deliberate slowly, execute promptly.

34. Depend not on fortune, but on conduct.

35. Deride not any man's infirmities, nor triumph over his misfortunes.

36. Diligence is the mistress of success.

37. Evil communications corrupt good manners.

38. Every man is the architect of his own fortune.

39. Everybody's business is nobody's business.

40. Example teaches more than precept.

41. Honesty is the best policy.

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He that would reap well must sow well.
Handsome is that handsome does.

44. He who aims to do right has God on his side.

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It is more honorable to acknowledge our faults than boast of our merits.

46. Idleness is the parent of many vices.

47. If we subdue not our passions, they will subdue us. 48. It costs more to revenge injuries than to bear them.

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It is better to do well than to say well.

It is never too late to learn.

51. Kind words cost nothing but are worth much. 52. Make hay while the sun shines.

53. Manners often make fortunes.

54. Necessity is the mother of invention.

55. Never put off till to-morrow what you can and ought to do to-day.

56. Never trouble another to do for you what you can do for yourself.

57. Order is Heaven's first law.

58. People who live in glass houses should not throw

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stones.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

60. Quarrels are easily begun, but with difficulty ended. 61. Resist temptation till you conquer it.

62. Rule the appetite and temper the tongue.

63.

Short reckonings make long friends.

64. Speak well of your friends, of your enemies say

nothing.

65. Strike while the iron is hot.

66. Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves.

67. The way to be truly honored is to be truly good. 68. The injustice we have most to fear is from ourselves. 69. The path of virtue is the path of peace.

70. The memory should be a store-house, not a lumber

room.

71. To see what is right and not do it, shows a want of culture.

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To err is human, to forgive divine.

Valor without discretion is worth but little. 74. Where the will is ready, the feet are light. 75. Where there is a will there is a way.

76. Write injuries in dust, but kindnesses in marble. 77. Zeal without knowledge is like fire without light.