Gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.

What life and death may be to a turkey is not my business; but the soul of Scrooge and the body of Cratchit are my business.

A yawn is a silent shout.

Theology is only thought applied to religion.

Very few people in the world would care to listen to the real defense of their own characters. The real defense, the defense which belongs to the Day of Judgment, would make such damaging admissions, would clear away so many artificial virtues, would tell such tragedies of weakness and failure, that a man would sooner be misunderstood and censured by the world than exposed to that awful and merciless eulogy.

The test of happiness is gratitude.

The reason that angels fly is that they take themselves so lightly.