The cheerful loser is the winner.

If pleasures are greatest in anticipation, just remember that this is also true of trouble.

The happiness of this life depends less on what befalls you than the way in which you take it.

A committee is a thing which takes a week to do what one good man can do in an hour.

Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.

We are not punished for our sins, but by them.

A little more patience, a little more charity for all, a little more devotion, a little more love; with less bowing down to the past, and a silent ignoring of pretended authority; brave looking forward to the future with more faith in our fellows, and the race will be ripe for a great burst of light and life.