One's Life Should Be Sufficiently Interesting To

There Is Virtue In Country Houses, In Gardens And Orchards, In Fields, Streams And Groves, In Rustic Recreations And Plain Manners, That Neither Cities Nor Universities Enjoy.

Pity The Mother Who Assumes The Name Without Being All This Implies!

Whatsoever Stirs The Stagnant Currents, Setting These Flowing In Wholesome Directions, Promotes Brisk Spirits And Productive Thinking. The Less Of Routine, The More Of Life.

The History Of Books Shows The Humblest Origin Of Some Of The Most Valued, Wrought As These Were Out Of Obscure Materials By Persons Whose Names Thereafter Became Illustrious. The Thumbed Volumes, Now So Precious To Thousands, Were Compiled From Personal Experiences And Owe Their Interest To Touches Of Inspiration Of Which The Writer Was Less Author Than Amanuensis, Himself The Voiced Word Of Life For All Times.

That Is A Good Book Which Is Opened With Expectation, And Closed With Delight And Profit.