Present!
Heart within, and God o'erhead!
--LONGFELLOW.

Every man feels instinctively that all the beautiful sentiments in the
world weigh less than a single lovely action.--LOWELL.

Prodigious actions may as well be done
By weaver's issue, as by prince's son.
--DRYDEN.

It is not to taste sweet things, but to do noble and true things, and
vindicate himself under God's heaven as a God-made man, that the
poorest son of Adam dimly longs. Show him the way of doing that, the
dullest day-drudge kindles into a hero.--CARLYLE.

Deliberate with caution, but act with decision; and yield with
graciousness, or oppose with firmness.--COLTON.

When our souls shall leave this dwelling, the glory of one fair and
virtuous action is above all the scutcheons on our tomb, or silken
banners over us.--J. SHIRLEY.

Our acts make or mar us,--we are the children of our own deeds.
--VICTOR HUGO.

Man, being essentially active, must find in activity his joy, as well
as his beauty and glory; and labor, like everything else that is good,
is its own reward.--WHIPPLE.

ADVERSITY.--Times of great calamity and confusion have ever been
productive of the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the
hottest furnace, and the brightest thunderbolt is elicited from the
darkest storm.--COLTON.

In the day of prosperity we have many refuges to resort to; in the day
of adversity only one.--HORATIUS BONAR.

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortunes; but great minds
rise above them.--WASHINGTON IRVING.

A wretched soul, bruis'd with adversity,
We bid be quiet when we hear it cry;
But were we burden'd with like weight of pain,
As much, or more, we should ourselves complain.
--SHAKESPEARE.

Heaven is not always angry when he strikes,
But most chastises those whom most he likes.
--POMFRET.

The fire of my adversity has purged the mass of my acquaintance.
--BOLINGBROKE.

On every thorn delightful wisdom grows;
In every rill a sweet instruction flows.
--DR. YOUNG.

When Providence, for secret ends,
Corroding cares, or sharp affliction, sends;
We must conclude it best it should be so,
And not desponding or impatient grow.
--POMFRET.

If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
--PROV