Patience is not passive; on the contrary, it is active; it is concentrated strength.

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

It is an error to suppose that courage means courage in everything.

A sense of contentment makes us kindly and benevolent to others; we are not chafed and galled by cares which are tyrannical because original. We are fulfilling our proper destiny, and those around us feel the sunshine of our own hearts.

Refuse to be ill. Never tell people you are ill; never own it to yourself. Illness is one of those things which a man should resist on principle at the onset.

He who has loved often ... has loved never.

In life, as in whist, hope nothing from the way cards may be dealt to you. Play the cards, whatever they be, to the best of your skill.