As many suffer from too much as too little.

Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave.

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

The great artist is a slave to his ideals.

It is the nature of thought to find its way into action.

There are some weaknesses that are peculiar and distinctive to generous characters, as freckles are to a fair skin.

Marriage, by making us more contented, causes us often to be less enterprising.