Be not disturbed at trifles, or at accidents common or unavoidable.

We hear of the conversion of water into wine at the marriage in Cana as of a miracle. But this conversion is, through the goodness of God, made every day before our eyes. Behold the rain which descends from heaven upon our vineyards, and which incorporates itself with the grapes, to be changed into wine; a constant proof that God loves us, and loves to see us happy.

Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy.

Distrust and caution are the parents of security.

Among the numerous luxuries of the table...coffee may be considered as one of the most valuable. It excites cheerfulness without intoxication; and the pleasing flow of spirits which it occasions...is never followed by sadness, languor or debility.

Remember, that money is of the prolific, generating nature.

Pain wastes the Body, Pleasures the Understanding.