If there is a virtue in the world at which we should always aim, it is cheerfulness.

He who writes prose builds his temple to Fame in rubble; he who writes verses builds it in granite.

In one of the Welsh counties is a small village called A-----. It is somewhat removed from the high road, and is, therefore, but little known to those luxurious amateurs of the picturesque, who view nature through the windows of a carriage and four.

Women love energy and grand results.

Never, be argued out of your soul, never be argued out of your honor, and never be argued into believing that soul and honor do not run a terrible risk if you limp into life with the load of a debt on your shoulders.

He who seeks repentance for the past, should woo the angel virtue for the future.

That man will never be a perfect gentleman who lives only with gentlemen. To be a man of the world we must view that world in every grade and in every perspective.