If we hope for what we are not likely to possess we act and think in vain...
Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness he that is already...
Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do...
A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence but sets off...
Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind which are...
A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many...
The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the...
True happiness arises in the first place from the enjoyment of one's self...
To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to...
If you wish to succeed in life make perseverance your bosom friend...
What sculpture is to a block of marble education is to the soul.
The fear of death often proves mortal and sets people on methods to save...
Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has...
Men may change their climate but they cannot change their nature. A man that...
There is nothing more requisite in business than despatch.
Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as...
There is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty.
Aging is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength.