Good-humor, gay spirits, are the liberators, the sure cure for spleen and melancholy. Deeper than tears, these irradiate the tophets with their glad heavens. Go laugh, vent the pits, transmuting imps into angels by the alchemy of smiles. The satans flee at the sight of these redeemers.

The wisest and best are repulsive, if they are characterized by repulsive manners. Politeness is an easy virtue, costs little, and has great purchasing power.

One's outlook is a part of his virtue.

A birthday is a good time to begin a new; throwing away the old habits, as you would old clothes, and never putting them again.

The head best leaves to the heart what the heart alone divines.

Heaven trims our lamps while we sleep.

Education may work wonders as well in warping the genius of individuals as in seconding it.