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.