A falling drop at last will carve a stone.—­Lucretius.

Attempt the end, and never stand to doubt;
Nothing so hard but search will find it out. 
—­Lovelace.

It is interesting to notice how some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage, and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles.  —­Washington Irving.

Press on! a better fate awaits thee.—­Victor Hugo.

Philosophy.—­True philosophy is that which renders us to ourselves, and all others who surround us, better, and at the same time more content, more patient, more calm and more ready for all decent and pure enjoyment.—­Lavater.

Philosophy abounds more than philosophers, and learning more than learned men.—­W.B.  CLULOW.

The road to true philosophy is precisely the same with that which leads to true religion; and from both the one and the other, unless we would enter in as little children, we must expect to be totally excluded.—­Bacon.

Philosophy is the art and law of life, and it teaches us what to do in all cases, and, like good marksmen, to hit the white at any distance.  —­Seneca.

A little philosophy inclineth men’s minds to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth men’s minds to religion.—­Bacon.

Whence? whither? why? how?—­these questions cover all philosophy.  —­Joubert.

Physiognomy.—­Children are marvelously and intuitively correct physiognomists.  The youngest of them exhibit this trait.—­Bartol.

As the language of the face is universal, so ’tis very comprehensive; no laconism can reach it; ’tis the short-hand of the mind, and crowds a great deal in a little room.—­Jeremy Collier.

Spite of Lavater, faces are oftentimes great lies.  They are the paper money of society, for which, on demand, there frequently proves to be no gold in the human coffer.—­F.G.  Trafford.

The scope of an intellect is not to be measured with a tape-string, or a character deciphered from the shape or length of a nose.—­Bovee.

People’s opinions of themselves are legible in their countenances.  —­Jeremy Collier.

Piety.—­True piety hath in it nothing weak, nothing sad, nothing constrained.  It enlarges the heart; it is simple, free, and attractive.  —­Fenelon.

We may learn by practice such things upon earth as shall be of use to us in heaven.  Piety, unostentatious piety, is never out of place.  —­Chapin.

Piety does not mean that a man should make a sour face about things, and refuse to enjoy in moderation what his Maker has given.—­Carlyle.