are captivated
by immediate advantages; great minds alone are excited by the prospect
of distant good.--SCHILLER.

Mind unemployed is mind unenjoyed.--BOVEE.

As the mind must govern the hands, so in every society the man of
intelligence must direct the man of labor.--DR. JOHNSON.

As the soil, however rich it may be, cannot be productive without
culture, so the mind without cultivation can never produce good
fruit.--SENECA.

Few minds wear out; more rust out.--BOVEE.

There is nothing so elastic as the human mind. Like imprisoned steam,
the more it is pressed the more it rises to resist the pressure. The
more we are obliged to do, the more we are able to accomplish.
--T. EDWARDS.

Minds of moderate calibre ordinarily condemn everything which is
beyond their range.--LA ROCHEFOUCAULD.

Guard well thy thoughts: our thoughts are heard in heaven.--YOUNG.

It is the mind that maketh good or ill,
That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.
--SPENSER.

He that has no resources of mind, is more to be pitied than he who is
in want of necessaries for the body; and to be obliged to beg our
daily happiness from others, bespeaks a more lamentable poverty than
that of him who begs his daily bread.--COLTON.

A good mind possesses a kingdom.

MIRTH.--Harmless mirth is the best cordial against the consumption of
the spirit; wherefore jesting is not unlawful, if it trespasseth not
in quantity, quality, or season.--FULLER.

Mirthfulness is in the mind, and you cannot get it out. It is the
blessed spirit that God has set in the mind to dust it, to enliven its
dark places, and to drive asceticism, like a foul fiend, out at the
back door. It is just as good, in its place, as conscience or
veneration. Praying can no more be made a substitute for smiling than
smiling can for praying.--BEECHER.

Care to our coffin adds a nail, no doubt;
And ev'ry grin so merry draws one out.
--PETER PINDAR.

There is nothing like fun, is there? I haven't any myself, but I do
like it in others. O, we need it! We need all the counterweights we
can muster to balance the sad relations of life. God has made many
sunny spots in the heart; why should we exclude the light from
them?--HALIBURTON.

I love such mirth as does not make friends ashamed to look upon one
another next morning.--IZAAK WALTON.

Mirth is God's medicine. Everybody ought to bathe in it. Grim care,
moroseness,