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 of the success of an undertaking,
will never undertake it.
1859
The poor have little,--beggars, none;
The rich too much,--enough, not one.
1860
The man who has a sufficiency, generally smiles at the artificial wants
of others.
1861
The summer day
Endures not ever: toil ye while ye may.
--_Hesiod, a Greek, 850 B. C._
1862
_Sun._--The glorious lamp of heaven; with one eye vieweth all the world.
--_Shakespeare._
1863
When the sun shines on you you see your friends.
1864
Sundays observe: think when the bells do chime,
'Tis angel's music; therefore come not late.
--_George Herbert._
1865