Cheerfulness is an offshoot of goodness and of wisdom.
Galileo called doubt the father of invention; it is certainly the pioneer.
He half retrieves a defeat who yields to it gracefully.
Difficulties, by bracing the mind to overcome them, assist cheerfulness, as exercise assists digestion.
A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making a mistake as by never repeating it.
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.