To repel one's cross is to make it heavier.

AMIEL.

Not capital, or labor, or land, or goods, but human relations, lie at the root of all social reforms. All questions between employers and employed are to be solved in that way. Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness; what is right, and just, and loving, and fair between man and man; the discovery of that is the only solution of all these stormy questions.

F. D. MAURICE.

Who steals my purse, steals trash;

But he who filches from me my good name,

Robs me of that which not enriches him,

And makes me poor indeed.

SHAKESPEARE.

Unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required.

Revelation is not sealed:

Answering unto man's endeavor,
Truth and right are still revealed.

SAMUEL LONGFELLOW.

You find yourself refreshed by the presence of cheerful people; why not make an earnest effort to confer that pleasure on others? You will find half the battle is gained if you never allow yourself to say anything gloomy.

LYDIA MARIA CHILD.

When God is pleased and wishes to bless the men he loves, his hands have other gifts than silver and gold.

IAN MACLAREN.

They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Self-love leads men of narrow minds to measure all mankind by their own capacity. JANE PORTER.

Better a little chiding, than a great deal of heart-break.

SHAKESPEARE.

Our trials grow with our years.

GOETHE.

What fates impose, that men must needs

abide;

It boots not to resist both wind and tide.

An easy thing, O Power Divine,

SHAKESPEARE.

To thank thee for these gifts of thine!
For summer's sunshine, winter's snow,
For hearts that kindle, thoughts that glow,
But when shall I attain to this, -

Poor hints and sketches of souls as we are, we have need to help each other to gaze at the blessed heavens instead of peering into each other's eyes to find out the motes.

GEORGE ELIOT.

Though to-day may not fulfil
All thy hopes, have patience still;
For perchance to-morrow's sun
Sees thy happier days begun.

GERHARDT.

Till Death the weary spirit free,

Thy God hath said, ""Tis good for thee
To walk by faith, and not by sight;
Take it on trust a little while.

Soon thou shalt read the mystery right
In the full sunshine of his smile.

Keble.

Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

God washes the eyes by tears until they can behold the invisible land where tears shall come no more.

Do thy duty; that is best,

BEECHER.

Leave unto thy Lord the rest.

LONGFELLOW.

People don't grow famous in a hurry, and it takes a deal of hard work even to earn your bread and butter.

MISS ALCOTT.

However things may seem, no evil thing succeeds, and no good thing is a failure.

LONGFELLOW.

Each time we love

We turn a nearer and a broader mark

To that keen archer, Sorrow, and he strikes. ALEXANDER SMITH.

Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.

There are those who never reason on what they should do, but on what they have done. FIELDING.

Believe me, nothing sets the world more straight than thinking that what is awry in it is one's self.

OUIDA.

The secret of oratory lies not in saying new things, but in saying things with a certain power that moves the heavens.

GEORGE ELIOT.

Give sorrow words; the grief that doth not

speak

Whispers the o'erfraught heart and bids it

break.

SHAKESPEARE.