Education is not confined to books, and the finest characters often graduate from no college, but make experience their master, and life their book. [Some care] only for the mental culture, and [are] in danger of over-studying, under the delusion . . . that learning must be had at all costs, forgetting that health and real wisdom are better.

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The humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.

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Stay" is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary.

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We can't any of us do all we would like, but we can do our best for every case that comes to us, and that helps amazingly.

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Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.

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A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.

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I often think flowers are the angels' alphabet whereby they write on hills and fields mysterious and beautiful lessons for us to feel and learn.

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Many argue; not many converse.

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One of the sweet things about pain and sorrow is that they show us how well we are loved, how much kindness there is in the world, and how easily we can make others happy in the same way when they need help and sympathy.

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Life is my university, and I hope to graduate from it with some distinction.

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