There is always a present and extant life, be it better or worse, which all combine to uphold.

Man is an animal who more than any other can adapt himself to all climates and circumstances.

Simplify your life. Don't waste the years struggling for things that are unimportant. Don't burden yourself with possessions. Keep your needs and wants simple and enjoy what you have. Don't destroy your peace of mind by looking back, worrying about the past. Live in the present. Simplify!

In the student sensuality is a sluggish habit of mind.

How often we find ourselves turning our backs on our actual friends, that we might go and meet their ideal cousins.

Philanthropy is almost the only virtue which is sufficiently appreciated by mankind.

All fables, indeed, have their morals; but the innocent enjoy the story.