The cheerful live longest in years, and afterwards in our regards. Cheerfulness is the off-shoot of goodness.
Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources.
Books are embalmed minds.
Difficulties, by bracing the mind to overcome them, assist cheerfulness, as exercise assists digestion.
Earnestness is the devotion of all the faculties.
The past is the sepulchre of our dead emotions.