e my heart,
And needed rest.

His noble face so shone
With holiness,
The very sight of it
Could not but bless.

I met him only once
Upon my way,
Many years ago,
And yet to-day

That face of light and strength
Still dwells with me;
The man "had been with God"--
'Twas plain to see.

--_Edith Campbell Babbitt._

1848

Men of age * * * content themselves with a mediocrity of success.

--_Bacon._

1849

Experience shows that success is due less to ability than to zeal. The
winner is he who gives himself to his work.

1850

If you would go to the top, first go to the bottom.

1851

The worst use that can be made of success is to boast of it.

--_Sir Arthur Helps._

1852

Mediocrity succeeds best in the world.

--_Colton._

1853

FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

At a gathering in Australia, not long since, four persons met, three of
whom were shepherds on a sheep-farm. One of these had taken a degree at
Oxford, another at Cambridge, the third at a German university. The
fourth was their employer, a squatter, rich in flocks and herds, but
scarcely able to read and write, much less to keep accounts.

1854

SUCCESSFUL MEN WHO WERE NOT RICH.

A sense of the power and luxury in money, beyond all the wonder tales,
has suddenly come to us.

In times like these, it is good to remember Agassiz, who refused to
lecture at five hundred dollars a night because he was too busy to make
money; Spurgeon, who refused to go to America to deliver fifty lectures
at one thousand dollars a night, saying he could do better--he could
stay in London and try to save fifty souls; and Emerson, who steadfastly
declined to increase his income beyond one thousand two hundred dollars
because he wanted his time to think.

--_F. Bellamy in Everybody's Magazine._

1855

Attempt the end, and never stand to doubt,
Nothing's so hard but search will find it out.

--_Herrick._

1856

Those who accomplish great things always begin with little things.

1857

That success costs too dear, which is attained by any sacrifice of
_truth_, _honor_, or _justice_.

1858

He who waits to be absolutely sure o