In lazy apathy let stoics boast, their virtue fixed, 'tis fixed as in a frost.

It is very natural for a young friend and a young lover to think the persons they love have nothing to do but to please them.

Judge not of actions by their mere effect; Dive to the center, and the cause detect. Great deeds from meanest springs may take their course, And smallest virtues from a mighty source.

And all who told it added something new, and all who heard it, made enlargements too.

Do you find yourself making excuses when you do not perform? Shed the excuses and face reality. Excuses are the loser's way out. They will mar your credibility and stunt your personal growth.

But Satan now is wiser than of yore, and tempts by making rich, not making poor.

All looks yellow to a jaundiced eye that habitually compares everything to something better. But by changing that habit to comparing everything to something worse, even making it a game, that person can find gratitude, relief and happiness where-ever they go and whatever they experience, guaranteed!