Words of praise, indeed, are almost as necessary to warm a child into a genial life as acts of kindness and affection. Judicious praise is to children what the sun is to flowers.

Cheerfulness is an offshoot of goodness and of wisdom.

Living with a saint is more grueling than being one.

The cheerful live longest in years, and afterwards in our regards. Cheerfulness is the off-shoot of goodness.

Earth took her shining station as a star, In Heaven's dark hall, high up the crowd of worlds.

Dishonest people conceal their faults from themselves as well as others, honest people know and confess them.

Difficulties, by bracing the mind to overcome them, assist cheerfulness, as exercise assists digestion.